Wind Cave National Park

Wind Cave National Park from Rankin Ridge, the park's highest point.
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.
Map showing location of park.
Map view of Wind Cave National Park showing locations of road and trail closures marked with arrows.
Wind Cave National Park Plans Temporary Road and Trail Dlosures During Improvement Projects
Beaver Creek Road, also known as Forest Service Road 391, will close May 4 while a new cattle guard is installed on the Wind Cave National Park boundary.
a bison cow and calf on the prairie
Photo by NPS Photo / Dan Roddy
rolling hills of forest and prairie landscape
Photo by NPS Photo
criss-cross-patterned calcite fins of the cave feature boxwork
Photo by NPS Photo
a caver with pads and helmet crawling in the cave
Photo by NPS Photo
two prairie dogs watch from their burrow
Photo by NPS Photo