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- Badlands National Park
- Bear Butte State Park
- Black Hills
- Custer State Park
- Minuteman Missile National Historic Park
- Sioux Falls Park
- Spearfish Canyon
Badlands National Park
![Campgrounds at Badlands – Sage Creek Campground Campgrounds at Badlands – Sage Creek Campground](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Our-Campsite-360x240.jpg)
Campgrounds at Badlands – Sage Creek Campground
If you’ve ever read the Ideas on Free Camping page of my website, you know that I much prefer free…
![Saddle Pass Trail: Beautiful Views of Badlands Saddle Pass Trail: Beautiful Views of Badlands](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/View-from-Saddle-Pass-Butte-360x240.jpg)
Saddle Pass Trail: Beautiful Views of Badlands
Badlands is beautiful from the road – no doubt. But if you really want to see the Badlands, you’ve got…
![The Castle Trail: Stark Beauty (and a nicely long hike!) The Castle Trail: Stark Beauty (and a nicely long hike!)](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Hiking-toward-Buttes-on-the-Castle-Trail-360x240.png)
The Castle Trail: Stark Beauty (and a nicely long hike!)
In the main part of Badlands National Park, I only know of one long trail that is maintained: the Castle…
![The Window and The Door Trails: Experience Badlands The Window and The Door Trails: Experience Badlands](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/In-the-Badlands-360x240.jpg)
The Window and The Door Trails: Experience Badlands
If you don’t have much time in Badlands National Park, but you want to experience the Badlands proper, the Door…
Bear Butte State Park
![A Bear of a Butte A Bear of a Butte](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/wmIMG_4552-360x240.jpg)
A Bear of a Butte
Bear Butte State Park is a nice little park in the north-west corner of South Dakota. Its main attraction is…
Black Hills
![Colorado in South Dakota: Spearfish Canyon Colorado in South Dakota: Spearfish Canyon](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Fall_Bridal_Veil.jpg)
Colorado in South Dakota: Spearfish Canyon
Spearfish is located in far western South Dakota. However, few of the people who go to Spearfish travel south to…
![Great Views of Devil’s Tower: Red Beds Trail Great Views of Devil’s Tower: Red Beds Trail](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Devils-Tower-3-360x240.jpg)
Great Views of Devil’s Tower: Red Beds Trail
I’ve always wondered why you’d want to go to Devil’s Tower National Monument. After all, the best views are from…
![Rare History at Aladdin Tipple Rare History at Aladdin Tipple](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Aladdin-Tipple.jpg)
Rare History at Aladdin Tipple
Sometimes trips don’t go as planned. Sometimes even the best plans don’t work out. That’s what happened on a recent…
![Sylvan Lake: A Lovely Little Lake Sylvan Lake: A Lovely Little Lake](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/wmIMG_4377a.jpg)
Sylvan Lake: A Lovely Little Lake
Overshadowed by its near neighbors Mt. Rushmore National Monument, Crazy Horse Memorial, and all of the commercializing that goes with…
![The Window and The Door Trails: Experience Badlands The Window and The Door Trails: Experience Badlands](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/In-the-Badlands-360x240.jpg)
The Window and The Door Trails: Experience Badlands
If you don’t have much time in Badlands National Park, but you want to experience the Badlands proper, the Door…
![Wyoming’s Black Hills Fire Tower: Warren Peak Wyoming’s Black Hills Fire Tower: Warren Peak](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Warren_Peak_Fire_Tower.jpg)
Wyoming’s Black Hills Fire Tower: Warren Peak
When researching Warren Peak in Wyoming, I read two different accounts, one that said the trail was 13 miles long,…
![Wyoming’s Black Hills-Fire Tower View: Cement Ridge Wyoming’s Black Hills-Fire Tower View: Cement Ridge](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Cement_Ridge_View2-360x240.jpg)
Wyoming’s Black Hills-Fire Tower View: Cement Ridge
I’ve heard that Cement Ridge in western Wyoming is the best place in the Black Hills to see the aspen…
Custer State Park
![Sylvan Lake: A Lovely Little Lake Sylvan Lake: A Lovely Little Lake](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/wmIMG_4377a.jpg)
Sylvan Lake: A Lovely Little Lake
Overshadowed by its near neighbors Mt. Rushmore National Monument, Crazy Horse Memorial, and all of the commercializing that goes with…
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
![Yikes! It’s a Nuke! (Minuteman Missile) Yikes! It’s a Nuke! (Minuteman Missile)](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/wmIMG_4654-360x240.jpg)
Yikes! It’s a Nuke! (Minuteman Missile)
“World-wide delivery in 30 minutes or less, or your next one is free” reads the sign on the door. Underneath…
Sioux Falls Park
![A Nice Way to Break Up a Trip Down I-90: Sioux Falls A Nice Way to Break Up a Trip Down I-90: Sioux Falls](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/wmIMG_4234-360x240.jpg)
A Nice Way to Break Up a Trip Down I-90: Sioux Falls
I’m not particularly fond of city parks. I’d much rather find some wilderness to go hike in, but if I’m…
Spearfish Canyon
![Colorado in South Dakota: Spearfish Canyon Colorado in South Dakota: Spearfish Canyon](https://www.annestravels.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Fall_Bridal_Veil.jpg)
Colorado in South Dakota: Spearfish Canyon
Spearfish is located in far western South Dakota. However, few of the people who go to Spearfish travel south to…