Sep 13 2026
Few wildlife encounters capture the spirit of the North Dakota Badlands quite like watching a band of free-roaming horses cross the grasslands of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Stallions stand watch over mares and foals, young horses chase one another across open prairie, and entire bands sometimes appear along distant ridges framed by colorful badland formations. …
Sep 30 2024
Theodore Roosevelt National Park is one of the best wildlife-watching destinations on the northern Great Plains. Across the rugged Badlands of western North Dakota, American bison graze beside prairie dog towns, mule deer disappear into juniper draws, coyotes hunt across open grassland, and golden eagles circle high above eroded buttes. The park’s wildlife diversity comes …
Sep 30 2024
Painted Canyon provides one of the most dramatic introductions to Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Just a few minutes after leaving Interstate 94, visitors can stand at the edge of the North Dakota Badlands and look across an enormous landscape of layered buttes, eroded gullies, prairie grasslands, juniper-covered slopes, and streaks of red, brown, gray, gold, …
Jul 14 2024
Theodore Roosevelt National Park protects some of the most dramatic badlands scenery in the northern Great Plains, where the Little Missouri River winds through colorful buttes, grasslands, cottonwood bottoms, and deeply eroded ravines. Located in western North Dakota, the park is divided into three separate areas: the South Unit, North Unit, and remote Elkhorn Ranch …
