BADLANDS
Enter the wild and desolate landscape of Badlands National Park. A park known for its fossils, Badlands National Park used to be covered with a shallow ocean that spanned much of the central part of North America, called the Western Interior Seaway. The park itself was once literally the floor of the ocean, so seeing the landmasses here makes a great deal of sense considering this drastic change over thousands of years. Along with seeing the geological history of the park in its landmasses, visitors may be lucky enough to stumble upon fossils, but not those of dinosaurs rather those of ancient sea creatures.
We were fortunate enough to spend a very long day within the park when we visited. In that time we got to hike many of the trails, visit the visitor center and fossil lab, and drive the park road to really get a great sense of the park and its landscape.
Badlands National Park is on the traditional and stolen land of the Cheyenne, Ochethi Sakowin, and Mnicoujou people.
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