• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

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    The Elk Mountain Campground is closed and will remain closed through the summer of 2013 due to across the board budget cuts.

Visitor Centers

Wind Cave Visitor Center

Visitor Center at Wind Cave National Park

The Visitor Center is a great place to start your park visit. Whether you are intrigued with the cave, the prairie, or both, it is easy to discover more about the park by exploring the exhibit rooms.

Wind Cave Visitor Center is opened daily all year except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Days. Visitor Center is opened 8:00 am - 4:30 pm with expanded hours during the summer.


The upper exhibit room has displays ranging from how the Plains Indians used the bison to how the park manages the prairie. The cave exhibit room explains cave formations, the development of the cave, and the park's colorful history. A movie, Wind Cave, Two Worlds, about the cave, the prairie, and the park is shown in our auditorium.

All cave tours leave from the visitor center. Stop in at the visitor center for information, cave tours, exhibits, slide and video programs, maps, books, backcountry permits, Senior and Access Passports, and Federal Lands Passes. The visitor center and the cave are accessible to people with disabilities, please inquire at the visitor center. For more information call 605-745-4600.

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