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Trail Popularity ?
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Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
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Activity Recordings
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SaveBadlands National Park has something to offer every visitor. Families? Attend a Junior Ranger Program and hike Fossil Exhibit Trail, a great place for little ones to explore. Experienced hikers? Check out a social trail and backcountry camp for the night. Sore feet from days of exploring? Drive the Badlands Loop Road and keep an eye out for wildlife
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- Mountain Bike
1 trails
- Horse
1 trails
- Hike
14 trails
- Trail Running
13 trails
Region Details
- 1
Region Status
Open as of Aug 1, 2024Stats
- Trails (view details)
- 14
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 1
- Trails Horse
- 1
- Trails Hike
- 14
- Trails Trail Running
- 13
- Total Distance
- 10 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 3 miles
- Total Descent
- 280 ft
- Total Vertical
- 377 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 2,789 ft
- Reports
- 9
- Photos
- 1
- Ridden Counter
- 711
Articles
I Saw an Epic Sunset at Badlands National Park
Nov 2, 2020 from outsideonline.com
Our 62 Parks Traveler meets bison and sees surreal geography at this South Dakota stop, the 23rd visit on her journey to see every U.S. national park
This Badlands Overnight is the Perfect Stargazing Hike for Beginners
Aug 19, 2021 from backpacker.com
Take a newbie hiker on this perfect Badlands stargazing hike.
Popular Badlands National Park Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Shelf Nature Trail (Spur) |
Photos of Badlands National Park Mountain Bike
trail: Window Trail
32 |
Nov 26, 2023 @ 7:40am
Nov 26, 2023Recent Trail Reports
no previous reports, add one now!
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mtbiker2859 | add | report | activity #56658353 and 4 more | Aug 3, 2024 @ 7:27pm Aug 3, 2024 |
| shaneshepherd | add | photo | activity #46700788 | Nov 26, 2023 @ 11:34am Nov 26, 2023 |
| Dquady | add | report | activity #45489438 | Oct 21, 2023 @ 8:15pm Oct 21, 2023 |
| bisraelsen | add | report | activity #41075479 | Jun 19, 2023 @ 7:06am Jun 19, 2023 |
| Cuda77 | add | report | activity #40102351 | May 19, 2023 @ 1:23pm May 19, 2023 |
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 1 | 384 ft | 13 ft | #5,653 | 9 | 27 | ||||||
| Horse | 1 | 384 ft | 13 ft | #1,940 | ||||||||
| Hike | 14 | 10 miles | 279 ft | 3 miles | 377 ft | #7,359 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 317 | ||
| Trail Running | 13 | 10 miles | 272 ft | 3 miles | 377 ft | #9,669 | 9 | 52 |
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