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Wind Cave National Park protects two very different worlds — one deep in
the earth, the other a sunlit landscape of many resources.
Above: bison, elk and other wildlife roaming rolling prairie grassland and
forested hillsides, in one of America's oldest national parks. What
survives here is a remnant island of intact prairie — a fragment of an
ecosystem that once covered a vast part of the continent and now exists mostly
in pieces.
Below: Wind Cave, one of the longest and most complex caves in the world.
Most parks protect one landscape. This one protects two stacked on top of each
other, and each would justify the park on its own.
Getting there
Wind Cave is in South Dakota on US Highway 385 — about **11 miles north of
Hot Springs**, or 22 miles south of Custer.
**The park visitor centre, where all cave tours begin, is about half a mile
west of the highway.** Every trip underground starts there.
The weather
| Season | |
|---|---|
| Spring | Highs 50–70°F, highly variable — the park's wettest season |
| Summer | Hot and generally dry, regularly over 80°F. Strong thunderstorms are common and can produce large hail and lightning |
| Autumn | Generally dry; warm days, cool nights. Highs 50–60°F, lows below freezing are common |
| Winter | Highs in the high 30s, lows around 10°F. Snowfall averages 30 inches a year, periodically closing park roads |
The cave, of course, ignores all of it — which in a South Dakota January or
July is part of the appeal.
Location: National Park, South Dakota. Source: U.S. National Park Service.
Licence : CC0 1.0 (domaine public) · Adapté de www.nps.gov
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