Badlands National Park
Badlands National Park is a nature reserve in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 832 m. Cedar Butte stands 998 m to the west-southwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bouquet Table, a peak 4.9 miles away. Badlands Loop Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 37 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Park Service
How to reach it
- 13.6 mi off the Badlands Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Homestead Overlook · 14 mi
- Hay Butte Overlook · 14 mi
- Yellow Mounds Overlook · 14 mi
- Conata Basin Overlook · 14 mi
37 named places within 25 miles
- Bouquet Table: 4.9 mi
- Heck Table: 6.4 mi
- Sheep Mountain Table: 9.2 mi
- Cedar Butte: 9.7 mi
- Kelier Butte: 10.6 mi
- Roberts Prairie Dog Town: 14.9 mi
- Creston Dinosaur: 21.0 mi
- Story of Wounded Knee: 21.6 mi
- Minuteman Missile National Historic Site: 22.3 mi
- Badlands National Park: 8.4 mi
- Wall City Park: 22.0 mi
- Quinn City Park: 24.0 mi
- Badlands Wilderness: 11.7 mi
- Buffalo Gap National Grassland: 24.2 mi
- Wall Welcome: 21.4 mi
- Oglala War Veterans Memorial: 24.3 mi
- Wounded Knee Museum: 21.3 mi
- Wall Drug 80-foot Dinosaur: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Badlands National Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Butte | WSW 255° | 998 m | 9.7 mi |
| Galigo Table | WSW 241° | 975 m | 15.7 mi |
| Cuny Table | SW 232° | 974 m | 18.6 mi |
| Bell Butte | S 171° | 960 m | 23.5 mi |
| Sheep Mountain Table | W 271° | 958 m | 9.2 mi |
| Cedar Butte | SSW 213° | 957 m | 14.7 mi |
| Blindman Table | WSW 257° | 943 m | 23.6 mi |
| Plenty Star Table | W 260° | 935 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:24 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:52 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:29 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 36 | 45 | 55 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 61 | 47 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Porcupine 11 N, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Badlands National Park · 6 mi
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