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Wind Cave National Park
Operating Hours & Seasons
Visitor Center at Wind Cave National Park
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Visitor Center at Wind Cave National Park

Park open year-round. Visitor center open daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Days.


August 20 - September 27, 2008

Visitor Center
8:00 am - 6:00 pm


September 28 - October 18, 2008

Visitor Center
8:00 am - 5:00 pm


October 19, 2008 - Early April 2009

Visitor Center
8:00 am - 4:30 pm


Program and Tour Schedule

Holders of the Golden Age (Senior)/Access Passes are eligible for half price tickets for the cardholder only.

The America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass does not waive Expanded Amenity Fees such as cave tours.

Tour schedules are subject to change. Please call 605-745-4600 to confirm tour times. Programs are subject to cancellation during severe weather.

Bull Elk  

Did You Know?
Elk were the most widely distributed member of the deer family in North America and spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Mexico to northern Alberta. Elk began to disappear in the eastern United States in the early 1800s.
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Last Updated: August 29, 2008 at 19:20 EST