Badlands National Park consists of 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires surrounded by a mixed-grass prairie ecosystem. The landscape of Badlands National Park is roughly half badlands geologic formations and half mixed-grass prairie ecosystem. The mixed grass prairie is a transitional zone between the tall-grass prairie to the east and the short-grass prairie to the west. This land was formed by the geologic forces of deposition and erosion. Deposition of sediments began 69 million years ago when an ancient sea stretched across what is now the Great Plains.
4 Comments
E.Brooks
Nice photo of the badlands, Monte. I’ve been there once and Bonnie and I hope to work this park into our schedule in late summer or early fall on this years tour. We’ll have to see how that works out…you know how we often change our plans. 🙂
Monte Stevens
I think you guys would enjoy the Badlands. You can find it hot in July and August. It is a place to return to visit. I say that while I fail to go when it’s really not that far away.
Mark
I was there a couple of times as a kid, too young to really appreciate the unique landscape there. Perhaps someday I will go back.
Monte Stevens
I would encourage you to go. The landscape is beautiful and is a sacred place for th he soul. I believe you would like it.