a squat tan building with a brown porch and a tree.
15-60 Minutes

Visit the White River Visitor Center

Badlands National Park

The White River Visitor Center is the main facility in the South Unit of the park. Be sure to stop by to pick up maps, enjoy museum exhibits, and chat with rangers about the significance of the Badlands and treaties in Lakota heritage.

The White River Visitor Center is the main facility in the South Unit of the park. Be sure to stop by to pick up maps, enjoy museum exhibits, and chat with rangers about the significance of the Badlands and treaties in Lakota heritage.

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Duration

15-60 Minutes

Fees Apply

No

Seasons

Spring, Summer, Fall

Time of Day

Day

Accessibility

The White River Visitor Center includes ramp entrances and spacious museum exhibits for those who use wheelchairs. Ask rangers at the front desk about audio-described and text-only brochures. Certified service animals are the only animals allowed in the visitor center. Emotional support animals are not service animals and are not allowed in the building.

Pets

No — Pets are prohibited in the White River Visitor Center unless they are a certified service animal. Emotional support animals are not service animals and are not allowed in the visitor center. Pets are permitted in Badlands National Park with some restrictions. Pets must be kept on a leash no more than six feet in length at all times. Pets are only permitted in developed areas, such as campgrounds and picnic areas, and other areas open to motor vehicles, such as gravel and paved roadways, roadway corridors, and parking lots. Pets are prohibited from hiking trails, public buildings (i.e. visitor centers), and backcountry areas, including the Badlands Wilderness Area, and areas with prairie dog colonies. Pet etiquette dictates always cleaning up animal waste and disposing of it in trash receptacles.

Reservations

No

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