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Badlands Loop Scenic Byway

South Dakota State Scenic BywayOfficial
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State
South Dakota
Source
USDOT · FHWA record
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Lookouts · Real sources only

Lookouts along this byway

14 scenic overlooks in drive order. Every one traces to a real source — OpenStreetMap, an official agency record, or a local who confirmed it. Zero hallucinations.

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Public land · Along this byway

Parks and public land along this byway

Protected land this corridor runs through, or comes within thirty miles of. Distance is measured to each unit’s official boundary, not its center point, so a road at the entrance reads as the entrance.

National parks

Badlands National ParkRuns through

Public land

Buffalo Gap National GrasslandRuns throughNebraska National ForestRuns through

Day-trip bases along the way

The Atlas · Along this byway

Named places along this byway

Typed places from the atlas within thirty miles of this road, measured to the drawn route. Each one traces to its source record, and each one lists the byways near it in return.

Museums

Prairie Homestead On the byway

Historic sites

Wall Welcome On the bywayOglala War Veterans Memorial 29.59 mi off the road

Cliffs

Kodak Point 19.85 mi off the road
Plan this drive · Today

Should you drive this today?

The stops worth making

  • Bigfoot Pass OverlookHours uncertain right now
  • Ancient Hunters OverlookHours uncertain right now
  • Prairie Wind OverlookHours uncertain right now
  • Yellow Mounds OverlookHours uncertain right now
  • Burns Basin OverlookHours uncertain right now
  • Conata Basin OverlookHours uncertain right now
  • White River Valley OverlookHours uncertain right now

Light timing

Sunset around 7:38 PM along this route today, with golden hour starting around 7:00 PM.

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