• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Bison Wallow

Wallowing is when bison roll on the prairie to give themselves "dust baths." Wallowing creates a saucer-like depression called a wallow out on the prairie. Wallows were once a common features of the plains; usually these wallows are dust bowls without any vegetation.

 
Bison Wallow Sequence #1
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 
Bison Wallow Sequence #2
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 
Bison Wallow Sequence #3
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 
Bison Wallow Sequence #4
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz

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Natural Entrance of Wind Cave

Winds caused by changes in barometric pressure are what give Wind Cave its name.  These winds have been measured at the cave's walk-in entrance at over 70 mph. The winds at the natural entrance of the cave attracted the attention of Native Americans and early settlers.