Got Time? Attend an Evening Program at Badlands National Park

Summer evenings in South Dakota are a great time to be outdoors and simply appreciate the world around you. You can combine this with a little fun and a few facts by attending an Evening Program at the Cedar Pass Campground Amphitheater each evening at 9:00 p.m. A schedule of topics is available at the Ben Reifel Visitor Center and bulletin boards at the Cedar Pass Campground. Evening Programs last 40 minutes and include a 10 minute introduction, followed by a 30 minute talk illustrated by slides. Evening Programs are accessible to those with mobility impairments and offer an in-depth examination on a topic selected by the presenting ranger.

A Sampling of the 2004 Evening Programs

Pages of Time in the Badlands: Geology of the White River Badlands.

A Good Place to Make a Home: Is Badlands a good place or a bad place to try to live?

Badlands' Secret Ingredient: What makes Badlands special? Custodians of the Prairie: One small animal supports an entire ecosystem.

The Fossil Hunters: The birth and development of paleontology.

There is no charge to attend these ranger-led programs. Badlands National Park does have a $10 per passenger vehicle entrance fee that is collected at entrance stations located at Exits 131 and 110 of Interstate 90 and near the town of Interior. An entrance receipt is good for seven days of exploration of South Dakota's largest national park.

To learn more about the resources of Badlands National Park, visit the park virtually at http://www.nps.gov/badl Badlands Natural History Association, the park's non-profit partner, operates bookstores in the Ben Reifel Visitor Center in the park and the National Grasslands Visitor Center in Wall, South Dakota. These bookstores feature educational materials on natural and cultural resource topics.