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Boxwork in Wind Cave

Wind Cave Visitor Center is open daily from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm all year except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. During the summer the Visitor Center hours are expanded (schedule).

The Visitor Center is located 11 miles North of Hot Springs, SD. Stop in at the visitor center for information, cave tours, exhibits, slide and video programs, maps, books, backcountry permits, Golden Age and Golden Access Passports, and Parks Passes.

The Visitor Center contains three exhibit rooms featuring cave exploration, cave formations, early cave history, the Civilian Conservation Corps, park wildlife, and resource management. An 18-minute movie: Wind Cave: One Park, Two Worlds; is shown throughout the day.

Cave Tours are offered daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. All cave tours leave from the visitor center. The visitor center and the cave are accessible to people with disabilities, please inquire at the visitor center. The information in 2005 Parks Pass Owner's Manual is incorrect. Cave Tour fees are not covered by the Parks Pass.

The park is opened all year. There are 30 miles of hiking trails where visitors can view the native plants and wildlife of the prairie ecosystem.