Underground access at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota will be blocked beginning May 1 while the cave's elevator system is replaced and modernized.
It’s time again to test your knowledge about sights, science, and history you might experience while visiting units of the National Park System. Test your knowledge with the 10 questions here. You may know more than you think and you will definitely learn something new through the questions and the trivia.
"Wind Cave National Park protects two very different worlds - one deep within the earth, the other a sunlit world of many resources. Bison, elk, and other wildlife roam the rolling prairie grasslands and forested hillsides of one of America's oldest national parks. Below the remnant island of intact prairie sits Wind Cave, one of the longest and most complex caves in the world."
Temporary repairs have enabled cave tours at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota to resume ahead of the upcoming three-day weekend, which will culminate in the park’s Native Americans’ Day celebration Monday, October 9.
Among the comments we received last week on best lodging experiences you've had in the National Park System, one reader mentioned favorite front country campground experiences. So let's focus on those this week.
Across the National Park System, scientists and biologists are working in parks — above and below ground, and in the ocean — to cure wildlife diseases.
A horse that slipped its tether a week ago and ambled away from a backcountry campsite in Wind Cave National Park turned up walking along a road in the park.