Badlands national park

Badlands National Park

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Badlands National Park (Lakota: Makȟóšiča) is a national park in southwestern South Dakota that protects 242,756 acres (379.306 sq mi; 98,240 ha) of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires blended with the largest undisturbed mixed grass prairie in the United States. The park is managed by the National Park Service.

The Badlands Wilderness protects 64,144 acres (100.225 sq mi; 25,958 ha) of the park as a designated wilderness area and is the site of the reintroduction of the black-footed ferret, the most endangered land mammal in North America.

The South Unit, or Stronghold Unit, is co-managed with the Oglala Lakota tribeand includes sites of 1890s Ghost Dances, a former United States Air Force bomb and gunnery range, and Red Shirt Table, the park's highest point at 3,340 feet (1,020 m).

Authorized as Badlands National Monument on March 4, 1929, it was not established until January 25, 1939. It was redesignated a national park on November 10, 1978.

Under the Mission 66 plan, the Ben Reifel Visitor Center was constructed for the monument in 1957–58. The park also administers the nearby Minuteman Missile National Historic Site.

恶地国家公园（Badlands National Park）是美国的一座国家公园，位于南达科他州西南部，面积为244,000英畝（990平方公里），有很多土丘、尖峰和草地。

其中恶地野生动物保护区面积为64,144英畝（259.58平方公里），是美国濒危物种哺乳动物黑足鼬的生长地。

 

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   这个国家公园的中文名字翻译的不怎么样，要是听中文名字其实兴趣并不大，但是美国能划为国家公园的质量都不错，对得起国家公园这个名称。Badlands在Rapid City东顶，开车也不远，所以我们决定花上半天时间看看这个国家公园。其实这个公园是典型的丹霞地貌，跟张掖的丹霞属一类地貌，保存的不错，没有多少人工的痕迹，更没有麻子面馆。美中不足的是，天气不够好，云层很厚。