Pinnacles Overlook in Badlands National Park

Pinnacles Overlook

You'll find Pinnacles Overlook on Badlands Loop Road, nine miles south of the town of Wall.

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Pinnacles Overlook Details

You'll find Pinnacles Overlook on Badlands Loop Road, nine miles south of the town of Wall. From this vantage point you'll see ridges, overhangs, shelves, tabletops, and pillars from sediment deposited and eroded 30 million years ago.

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Nearby Points of Interest Around Pinnacles Overlook

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Pinnacles Entrance

Pinnacles Entrance is the northern most entrance to Badlands National Park and is located seven miles south of Wall, SD on Highway 240

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Conata Picnic Area

South of the Wall about a half mile you'll find the Conata Picnic Area.

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Take Badlands Loop Road to the gravel Sage Creek Rim Road to find Roberts Prairie Dog Town.

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Badlands Wilderness Area

In 1976, Congress designated 64,114 acres of wilderness in Badlands National Park.