På gång i Badlands National Park, United States under året

Mycket folk — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter on the prairie (15 nov – 15 mar)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter on the prairie (15 nov – 15 mar)

Mycket folk — Spring break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter on the prairie (15 nov – 15 mar)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Mycket folk — Memorial Day weekend

• Natur

  Prairie wildflowers and calves

  1 maj – 30 jun · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  The mixed-grass prairie is green for about six weeks and the bison calves are out on Sage Creek. It is also the wettest stretch of the year, and the unpaved Sage Creek Rim Road turns to grease in a storm.

• Helg

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 majNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Summer heat and storms

  15 jun – 31 augExtrem värme

  Afternoons on the exposed formations get brutal and the only shade is the visitor centre. Late-day thunderstorms roll in off the plains with hail and lightning, so the walking is done before eleven. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Prairie wildflowers and calves (1 maj – 30 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Badlands Astronomy Festival

  17–19 julStor festival

  Three days of star parties and solar telescopes in the middle of July, run with NASA and local astronomers. The park has almost no light pollution in any direction, which is the whole reason it exists. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Bison rut

  15 jul – 31 aug · vanligtvisBrunstsäsongRisk

  The herd bunches up on the Sage Creek grasslands and the bulls bellow through the afternoon. Bulls are unpredictable in the rut, so this is the time of year to watch them from the car rather than the roadside.

Pågår fortfarande: Summer heat and storms (15 jun – 31 aug)

Mest folk — Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Oglala Nation Powwow

• Festival

  Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

  7–16 augMotorsportshelgTrångtBoka tidigt

  Ten days in early August when several hundred thousand riders fill western South Dakota, and the Badlands Loop Road is one of the standard day rides. Rooms within two hours are booked out and priced for the week. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Oglala Nation Powwow

  1–4 aug · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  A major powwow and rodeo on the Pine Ridge Reservation, about an hour's drive south of the park, held the first weekend of August with five grand entries, a parade and a carnival. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 sepNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Summer heat and storms (15 jun – 31 aug), Bison rut (15 jul – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Labor Day weekend, Summer break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Labor Day weekend (5–7 sep)

Mycket folk — Black Hills Powwow

• Festival

  Black Hills Powwow

  8–12 okt · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  One of the country's larger powwows, held in Rapid City about an hour from the park: dance competitions, a fine arts show and games, running since the late 1980s. Källa ↗

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Thanksgiving break i United States

• Säsong

  Winter on the prairie

  15 nov – 15 marStängt mellan säsongernaStängningar

  The Loop Road stays open and almost empty, but services shut down, the unpaved Sage Creek Rim Road is not maintained, and a plains blizzard can close everything for a day or two with no warning worth the name. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter on the prairie (15 nov – 15 mar)