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Wind Cave National Park

SD · 43.5760, -103.4390

Wildlife Loop Road Scenic Byway and Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway are signed byways within 30 miles of Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota.

Understand

Wind Cave National Park gets its name from how air is exchanged between the cave system and the atmosphere. When the outside air pressure is higher than the cavern's air pressure, air is sucked into a natural fissure in the ground in attempt to equalize the pressure. When the atmospheric pressure is lower than the air within the cave, air is blown out this same fissure. The resulting wind can be strong enough to visibly stir nearby plants.
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Day-trip loops

Ready-made loops for Wind Cave National Park are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.

Within reach

Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.

Scenic byways

National parks

Public land

Campgrounds

Lookouts

Named places

  • Tour starts here · 2 mi
  • Tour Starts here · 2 mi
  • Stephen Tyng Mather · 2 mi
  • Elk Mountain · 3 mi
  • Elk Knob · 4 mi
  • Fossil Ridge · 5 mi
  • Unkpapa Peak · 5 mi
  • Bison Center · 6 mi

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