
When Theodore Roosevelt described the badlands of North Dakota he said they "...grade all the way from those that are almost rolling in character to those that are so fantastically broken in form and so bizarre in color as to seem hardly properly to belong to this earth." Wind Canyon, with its soft smooth contours and spire-like hoodoos, definitely fits the bill.
An excellent example of how erosion formed the badlands landscape, Wind Canyon has been a popular destination for as long as the park has existed. It channels the wind, which rushes through before escaping across the Little Missouri River. The canyon walls contain hollows, carved by years of exposure, which now act as nest sites for Great Horned Owls and other birds.
Hiking up the trail that borders the canyon edge, visitors can experience one of the best views in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, an unbroken expanse of river, badlands, and sky.
It is illegal to remove any resource from a national park. Leave any flower, stone, or other object where you find it so that other visitors can enjoy it as well.
It is illegal to carve, paint, or otherwise alter anything in a national park.
An excellent example of how erosion formed the badlands landscape, Wind Canyon has been a popular destination for as long as the park has existed. It channels the wind, which rushes through before escaping across the Little Missouri River. The canyon walls contain hollows, carved by years of exposure, which now act as nest sites for Great Horned Owls and other birds.
Hiking up the trail that borders the canyon edge, visitors can experience one of the best views in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, an unbroken expanse of river, badlands, and sky.
It is illegal to remove any resource from a national park. Leave any flower, stone, or other object where you find it so that other visitors can enjoy it as well.
It is illegal to carve, paint, or otherwise alter anything in a national park.
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Itineraries across USA

Acadia

Arches National Park

Badlands

Big Bend

Biscayne

Black Canyon Of The Gunnison

Bryce Canyon

Canyonlands

Capitol Reef

Carlsbad Caverns

Channel Islands

Congaree

Crater Lake

Cuyahoga Valley

Death Valley

Dry Tortugas

Everglades

Gateway Arch

Glacier

Grand Canyon

Grand Teton

Great Basin

Great Smoky Mountains

Guadalupe Mountains

Haleakalā

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes

Hot Springs

Indiana Dunes

Isle Royale

Joshua Tree

Kenai Fjords

Kobuk Valley

Lassen Volcanic

Mammoth Cave

Mesa Verde

Mount Rainier

North Cascades

Olympic

Petrified Forest

Pinnacles

Rocky Mountain

Saguaro

Shenandoah

Theodore Roosevelt

Virgin Islands

Voyageurs

White Sands

Wind Cave

Yellowstone

Yosemite

Zion