Eastern Mojave Vegetation South Dakota Highway 240  
 

Edited by Tom Schweich  

Home Page  South Dakota Highway 240 (SD 240), also signed as the Badlands Loop, is a 40.033-mile-long (64.427 km) state highway in southeastern Pennington and northwestern Jackson counties in South Dakota, United States, that travels through the eastern portion of Badlands National Park.

Other articles:
• US I-90:   at Exit 131;  

Junction: US Interstate 90, at its Exit 131

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   17 Aug 2024;
Full Size ImageNico at the Prairie Homestead.
Full Size ImageThe Prairie Homestead.  

Prairie Homestead

 
 


Badlands National Park below …

Locations: Badlands National Park.  

Northeast Entrance

 
 

Big Badlands Overlook

 

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   17 Aug 2024;
Full Size ImageBadlands across the road from the Visitor Center.  

Ben Reifel Visitor Center

 
 

Junction: South Dakota Highway 377, to South Dakota Highway 44.

 

Fossil Exhibit Trail

 
 

White River Valley Overlook

 
 

Big Foot Pass Overlook

… and picnic area.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   17 Aug 2024;
Full Size ImageAmbrosia psilostachya at Panorama Point.
Full Size ImagePanorama at Panorama Point.  

Panorama Point

 
 

Prairie Wind Overlook

 
 

Burns Basin Overlook

 
 

Homestead Overlook

 
 

Conata Basin Overlook

 

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   17 Aug 2024;
Full Size ImageView from Yellow Mounds Overlook.  

Yellow Mounds Overlook

 

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   17 Aug 2024;
Full Size ImageConata Road junction near Yellow Mounds.  

Junction: Pennington County Road 509 “Conata Road”

 

Ancient Hunters Overlook

 

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   17 Aug 2024;
Full Size ImageThe view from Pinnacles Overlook.
Full Size ImageA broader view from the Pinnacles Overlook.  

Pinnacles Overlook

 
 

Junction: Sage Creek Rim Road.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   17 Aug 2024;

Locations: Badlands National Park.
Full Size ImageDesignated Bison at the northwest entrance.  

Pinnacles Entrance

 
 

Badlands National Park above …


 

Junction: Sage Creek Road

Other articles:
• US I-90:   at Exit 110;  

Junction: US Interstate 90, at its Exit 110

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Date and time this article was prepared: 12/9/2024 7:35:55 PM