In fact, the White River Badlands were proclaimed a national monument in 1939 and elevated to a national park in 1978, mainly to protect the fossil beds from nonscientific collectors. Researchers ...

Badlands National Park is a vast wilderness of jagged buttes, spires and pinnacles, mixed-grass prairies, and the world’s richest trove of fossils from the Oligocene epoch, estimated at 23 to 35 ...

To prevent further destruction of its unique bounty, the area was designated a national ... among the fossil logs and Painted Desert badlands. For a half-day visit, follow the park road from ...

This leaves plenty of time for other trails, visiting the Fossil Lab, or enjoying a sunrise or sunset in the park. Half a day or a full day is perfect for visiting Badlands National Park.

Explore the majestic Rocky Mountains west of Calgary and the otherworldly Alberta Badlands to the ... river systems and fossil localities in Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta.

The Ultimate Badlands National Park Hiking Guide will help you choose which trail to explore. Weather you choose to see the ...

The park also features fossils ... and Painted Desert vistas and colorful badlands. This is my Mother's park story. Here she is at age 90 having just visited Petrified Forest NP. Mother loved all the ...