Destinations · South Dakota
Wind Cave National Park
SD · 43.5760, -103.4390
From Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, Byway's registries place 2 scenic byways, 2 national parks, 3 public land units and 15 campgrounds within 30 miles.
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.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Wildlife Loop Road Scenic Byway · 5 mi
- Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway · 13 mi · national
National parks
- Wind Cave National Park · inside
- Badlands National Park · 27 mi
Public land
- Black Hills National Forest · 3 mi
- Buffalo Gap National Grassland · 14 mi
- Nebraska National Forest · 14 mi
Campgrounds
- Elk Mountain Campground · 3 mi
- Bismark Lake Campground · 14 mi
- Bluebird Trailhead · 15 mi
- Iron Creek (Horse Camp) · 17 mi
- Comanche Park Campground · 18 mi
- Richardson Trailhead · 18 mi
- Hawkwright Trailhead · 19 mi
- Grizzly Bear Campground · 21 mi
Lookouts
- Sunset view · 14 mi
- Needles Eye · 19 mi
- Needles other eye · 19 mi
- Cathedral Spires · 19 mi
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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