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	Badlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This area is home to Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota and Badlands National Park in South Dakota, and is the probable place of origin of the actual term "badlands".
		The Chinle Badlands at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
		Badlands are a type of arid terrain with clay-rich soil that has been extensively eroded by wind and water.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Badlands (293 words)

	Badlands National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Established as Badlands National Monument on January 25, 1939, the area was redesignated as a national park in 1978.
		Badlands National Park, showing the eroded buttes and the vast prairie in the background.
		Badlands National Park is a United States national park that consists of 242,756 acres (982 km²)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Badlands_National_Park (249 words)

	Badlands National Park
		Badlands National Park has a region known as "The Wall," with a part of it pictured here, that separates the upper prairie from a lower prairie.
		We visited Badlands National Park on the afternoon of 4 August 1998.
		While there is a lot of the park we did not see, it is likely more of the same as that we did see.
	lewbar.tripod.com /badlands/Badlands.html (342 words)

	South Dakota Badlands National Park
		Badlands N.P. On the western side of grass prairie land of southwestern South Dakota, the buttes, spires, and pinnacles of Badlands National Park jut into the horizon.
		Badlands National Park is easily accessed if traveling on Interstate 90, the most direct route to or from Cody, WY. From I-90, Hwy 240 heads south to the park on Badlands Loop Road.
		Badlands National Park is known for its significant geological history and extensive fossil collection.
	www.codywyomingnet.com /getting_here/badlands_n_p.php (699 words)

	John Donohue's National Park Photos- Badlands
		Badlands National Park in South Dakota is a desert with bizarre sculpted hills.
		The Badlands NP is right on the edge of the Great Prairie lands.
		One section of nearby "Grasslands National Monument", is perfectly flat, with a horizon like a ruler blade.
	www.serve.com /wizjd/parks/badlands/badlands.html (245 words)

	Badlands National Park Climate & Weather
		Badlands National Park typically is lightly covered in snow in December with high winds keeping accumulation to a minimum except in drifts next to buildings.
		April marks the beginnings of spring in Badlands National Park; however, the worst blizzards have been known to occur to early to mid April.
		Be prepared for a very muddy, rainy visit to Badlands National Park in May. Rain may fall in short showers or may continue for days without a break.
	www.americanparks.net /badlands_climate.htm (485 words)

	NPS: Nature & Science» Geology Resources Division
		Badlands National Park formations date from the late Eocene and Oligocene epochs, the Age of Mammals.
		Badlands National Park is very active in conducting field research through partner universities.
		The White River Badlands of South Dakota are considered to be the birthplace of the science of vertebrate paleontology.
	www2.nature.nps.gov /geology/parks/badl (756 words)

	Badlands National Park Campgrounds at Badlands National Park
		The Badlands National Park is home to the largest and most complete example of mixed-grass prairie preserved by the National Park complete with hundreds of species of plants and animals.
		The park was first authorized in 1929 and established as Badlands National Monument in 1939 but was later redesignated a "National Park" in 1978.
		The Badlands National Park has sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest, protected mixed prairie grass in the United States.
	www.national-park-campgrounds.com /states/south-dakota-national-parks/badlands-national-park.php (488 words)

	Badlands National Park Highpoint Trip Report
		Access to this highpoint, located near the southwest tip of Badlands National Park, is acheived by parking along South Dakota route 40.
		Said parking location is roughly at the same latitude as the 3,311 foot spot elevation shown on the topo chart immediately west of the road.
		Viewing this state-of-affairs on arrival I parked my vehicle on the road shoulder, about 500 meters northwest of the highpoint and about one hundred meters north of where the road, as route 41, drops down off the mesa.
	www.cohp.org /natl_parks/Badlands_2.html (257 words)

	thebackpacker.com - trails & places - theodore roosevelt national park - intro
		Here in the North Dakota badlands, where many of his personal concerns first gave rise to his later environmental efforts, Roosevelt is remembered with a national park that bears his name and honors the memory of this great conservationist.
		Theodore Roosevelt National Park is in the colorful North Dakota badlands and is home to a variety of plants and animals, including bison, prairie dogs, and elk.
		He also established 5 national parks, 51 wildlife refuges and 150 national forests.
	www.thebackpacker.com /trails/nd/thro.php (247 words)

	Badlands National Park Hiking
		Beginning at the northern end of the large Door and Window parking area two miles northeast of the Ben Reifel Visitor Center, the Door Trail penetrates into wildly eroded badlands through a break called "The Door" in the Badlands Wall.
		The longest trail in the park at 10 miles round trip (16km), the Castle Trail stretches from the Fossil Exhibit Trail and the Door/Window parking area.
		Dogs and other pets are allowed only in developed areas such as campgrounds, parking areas and along roads and must be kept on a leash no longer than 6 feet in length at all times.
	www.americanparks.net /badlands_hiking.htm (828 words)

	Badlands National Park - Wikitravel
		Badlands National Park is a United States National Park that is located in southwestern South Dakota.
		According to the National Park Service Badlands web page (http://www.nps.gov/badl/exp/home.htm), backpackers can camp anywhere in the park that is at least one half mile from the road.
		A National Parks Pass is available for $50 that allows entry in to any National Park for a year after it's first use.
	wikitravel.org /en/Badlands_National_Park (810 words)

	Badlands National Park
		Badlands National Park was authorized as national monument in 1929 and established as a national park in 1978.
		Another 500 000 years - and Badlands will be gone…
		Every year as much as 1 inch of surface gets washed away from the hills.
	www.cs.wisc.edu /~boris/photo/trip_to_the_west/badlandsE.html (161 words)

	Geology of Badlands National Park: A Preliminary Report
		Badlands National Park is host to perhaps the most scenic geology and landscape features in the Western Interior region of the United States.
		Much emphasis is placed on presenting information about the oldest and least studied rocks in the park (particularly the Late Cretaceous and earliest Tertiary deposits that underlie the White River beds throughout the park region).
		This report provides a basic overview of the park geology The discussions presented within include both well-established concepts and theories and new, preliminary data and interpretations.
	geopubs.wr.usgs.gov /open-file/of03-35 (222 words)

	Badlands National Park -- Welcome
		The area was designated Badlands National Monument in 1939, then given national park status in 1978.
		Entrance to the park is $10 for vehicles, $5 for pedestrians and bicyclists.
		The country surrounding the Badlands is mostly prairie, and Sage Creek is the largest remaining expanse of wild prairie in the United States.
	www.americanparknetwork.com /parkinfo/ru/sights/badland.html (1035 words)

	Roosevelt National Park
		Therefore, this national park bears his name in his memory.
		He obtained approval from Congress to establish 5 national parks, 51 wildlife refuges, and set aside land for national forests.
		Only one United States National Park is named after someone.
	library.thinkquest.org /3627/parks/Roosevelt.html (326 words)

	Badlands National Park, South Dakota
		Badlands National Park is located in the southwest portion of South Dakota, and it consists of almost 244,000 acres of buttes and other spectacular features.
		It was given national park status in 1978.
		These photos were taken along the main road through the park.
	www.angelfire.com /mi2/2im/yellowstone/bad.htm (53 words)

	Badlands National Park
		Der Badlands National Park befindet sich im Südwesten South Dakotas in einer Landschaft aus stark erodierten Hügeln, Spitzen und Türmchen, umgeben von der größten geschützten Grasprärie der Vereinigten Staaten.
		Der Badlands National Park verfügt über die reichhaltigsten fossil beds des Oligocene Zeitalters auf der Erde mit einem geschätzten Alter von 23 bis zu 35 Millionen Jahren.
		1939 als National Monument gegründet wurden die Badlands 1978 zum National Park erhoben.
	www.meinamerika.de /np/badl/badl.htm (408 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Badlands National Park
		Badlands National Park is a blend of buttes and rocky spires with prairie, an incredibly complex mixture of grasses'56 types, including the taller western wheatgrass, green needlegrass, and needle-and-thread grass and shortgrasses, such as blue grama and buffalo grass'representing a rare and disappearing ecosystem (American Cowboy)
		The Conata Basin, east and south of Badlands National Park, should be a soft blend of greens and buff browns, but it's as bare and black as a tarred road.
		Charles Kruse, who ranches near Interior south of Badlands National Park, said the drought and a skyrocketing prairie dog population on the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands have stripped grass and other plants from much of the area.
	news.surfwax.com /parks/files/Badlands_National_Park_South_Dakota.html (1527 words)

	TravelSD.com -- The Badlands
		Badlands National Park covers 244,000 acres and contains one of the world’s richest deposits of fossils from the Oligocene epoch.
		Badlands National Park is located off I-90 in southwestern South Dakota.
		The Badlands were once a lush, marshy plain that was home to three-toed horses, giant pigs and saber-tooth cats.
	www.travelsd.com /parks/badlands (149 words)

	Green Ink Backpacking Trips in Teddy Roosevelt National Park
		Theodore Roosevelt National Park- a land of extremes: an arid landscape formed by water, a jumble of high plains and sheer clay cliffs, a harsh environment teeming with life.
		Theodore Roosevelt National Park - a wilderness distilled, an oasis.
		Four nights in the Badlands, with a 2nd set of blooms, another full moon, and the diverse bird and wildlife.
	www.grmountain.com /html/hiking.html (378 words)

	John Donohue's National Park Photos
		Badlands National Park in South Dakota is dusty jumble of hills and tight winding canyons.
		Rushmore National Monument is perhaps the most famous US landmark after the Statue of Liberty.
		The rocky hills give way abruptly to the perfectly flat prairie of nearby "Grasslands National Monument", where the ground races the sky to the horizon.
	www.serve.com /wizjd/parks/north_central.html (233 words)

	Badlands National Park, South Dakota offers Cedar Pass Lodge, Badlands Inn, dining, hiking, scenic vistas
		The best of these savagely beautiful badlands comprise the 244,000 acres of Badlands National Park, a unique region so ruthlessly ravaged by wind and water that has become a scenic wonderland.
		Forever Resorts is an authorized concessioner of the National Park Service and operates under special permits with state agencies, the Don Pedro Recreation Agency and the USDA Forest Service.
		The Badlands are also known worldwide to have the most significant mixed-grass prairie, the best known Oligocene fossil resources, and remnants of sea and turtle shells, leading proof this area was once under water.
	www.cedarpasslodge.com (220 words)

	GORP - Badlands National Park
		The closest thing to off-road action is gravel—the Sage Creek Rim Road along the northern boundary of the park snakes its way from the Pinnacles Overlook past a prairie dog town, and on to wonderful views of the Badlands Wilderness Area.
		The park's seven short trails sufficiently penetrate the diverse terrain found within the Badlands—easy loops through wooded prairie give way to steep hikes along precipitous Badland formations.
		A drive along the Badlands Loop Road evokes some of the same emotions experienced by early settlers crossing this ominous and forbidding terrain in horse-drawn caravans.
	www.gorp.com /gorp/resource/US_National_Park/sd_badla.HTM (702 words)

	South Dakota: Badlands National Park
		Badlands, a region of multicolored, deeply eroded rock formations still being shaped by the wind.
		The Badlands should be visited at the right time of day: early morning or late afternoon.
		The Visitor Center at Cedar Pass, towards the eastern end of the route, displays many fossils found in the area.
	www.roadsidephotos.com /sd/sd11.htm (92 words)

	Badlands National Park, South Dakota - Pictures, Photographs, Photos, Photography, Images
		Badlands National Park, South Dakota - Pictures, Photographs, Photos, Photography, Images
		View from Road that runs through the park.
		The colors of the Badlands change throughout the day; the colors also depend on the cloud cover.
	personal.udri.udayton.edu /klosterm/adakota.htm (79 words)

	Badlands National Park Streams
		This metadata is for use with the Badlands National Park Streams shapefile (filename: badlands_water_resources(line)) produced as part of the vulnerability study contracted by Badlands National Park to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
		The data set was produced as part of a study to determine the areas in Badlands National Park that could be developed for visitor use and areas that would need to be avoided or else impinge on valuable park assets.
		The National Park Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
	www.nbii.gov /metadata/mdata/htmlfiles/nps_badl_d_waterline.html (494 words)

	Badlands National Park
		The Badlands National Park is definitely a "must see" place.
		There are numerous short National Park Service trails right off the Badlands Loop highway.
		The park is open all year, however some facilities are not.
	www.rosyinn.com /5100a22.htm (239 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Badlands National Park
		Prairie grasslands surround the windswept spires and buttes of the Badlands.
		The park also contains a rich and diverse ecosystem known as a mixed-grass prairie where coyotes, bats, beetles and bison share space with pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep and many other animals.
		The Badlands Wilderness area protects 64,000 acres for hiking, backpacking, horseback riding and camping.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/5391gd.htm (225 words)

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