Layered badlands formations behind fields of green grass under cloudy and billowing clouds.

Summer storms are frequently violent and unpredictable.

Badlands

The rugged beauty of the Badlands draws visitors from around the world. These striking geologic deposits contain one of the world’s richest fossil beds. Ancient horses and rhinos once roamed here. The park’s 244,000 acres protect an expanse of mixed-

The target room inside Jewel Cave.

The target room inside Jewel Cave.

Jewel Cave

Immerse yourself in one of the longest caves in the world. With over 220 miles of mapped and surveyed passages, this underground wilderness appeals to human curiosity. Its splendor is revealed through fragile formations and glimpses of brilliant colo

Small waterfall with brown rocks and green moss

Giant springs is a site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Site located in Great Falls, Montana

Lewis & Clark

The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail winds nearly 4,900 miles through the homelands of more than 60 Tribal nations. It follows the historic outbound and inbound routes of the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803-1806 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvani

Glass structure over the silo allows visitors to look down at the missile

The glass enclosure allows visitors to view a Minuteman II missile in the silo.

Minuteman Missile

During the Cold War, a vast arsenal of nuclear missiles were placed in the Great Plains. Hidden in plain sight, for thirty years 1,000 missiles were kept on constant alert; hundreds remain today. The Minuteman Missile remains an iconic weapon in the

Aerial view of the Missouri River and surrounding landscape.

Aerial view of the Missouri River and surrounding landscape.

Missouri

Imagine a 100-mile stretch of North America's longest river, a vestige of the untamed American West. The Missouri National Recreational River is where imagination meets reality. Two free flowing stretches of the Missouri make up the National Park. Re

Photo of Mount Rushmore under a bright blue sky with puffy clouds floating over.

Photo of Mount Rushmore under a bright blue sky with puffy clouds floating over.

Mount Rushmore

Majestic figures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, surrounded by the beauty of the Black Hills of South Dakota, tell the story of the birth, growth, development and preservation of this country. From the

a bison cow and calf on the prairie

Several hundred bison roam the rolling prairie of Wind Cave National Park.

Wind Cave

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 n