White River Visitor Center - Badlands National Park, SD
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paulspaper
N 43° 30.684 W 102° 29.792
13T E 702355 N 4820652
White River Visitor Center and Ranger Station near the south unit of Badlands National Park. It is co-managed with the Oglala Lakota tribe
Waymark Code: WMRVE2
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 08/07/2016
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This Badlands National Park visitor center is south and west of the main unit of the park. It is located near the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Badlands National Park in southwestern South Dakota that protects 242,756 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires blended with the largest undisturbed mixed grass prairie in the United States.
The South Unit, or Stronghold Unit, is co-managed with the Oglala Lakota tribe and includes sites of 1890s Ghost Dances, a former United States Air Force bomb and gunnery range, and Red Shirt Table, the park's highest point at 3,340 feet.
Off Road Directions:
This ranger station is in a rugged and remote location but it is on a two lane paved road.
Permits: no
Maps: yes
Public Restrooms: yes
Trail Conditions: yes
Website if it is available: [Web Link]
Hours of Operation: Seasonal: 10am-4pm during the summer.
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Visit Instructions:
Logs should be accompanied by at least 1 image taken by you at the facility or if you do not have a camera a good description of the Waymark you are visiting.
This will give us proof you were actually there.