Badlands, and wind cave S. Dakota that bad?

dewey02 wrote:
Here is a suggestion for the Badlands:
Don't just do the paved loop off of I-90 that goes from Exit 131 to Exit 110. This is the most traveled and therefore tends to have the least amount of wildlife. Be sure to do Sage Creek Rim Road (590 - a gravel road)that runs to the west end of the north unit of the park. We did this last fall and this is where we saw all the great wildlife - Buffalo, Big Horn Sheep, Pronghorn Antelope and Mule deer. The only wildlife we saw on the loop road were the Prairie Dogs.

This is not to say that you won't see any wildlife on the loop road, but that was our experience. The loop road has constant cars going either direction, while we saw only a few cars on the Sage Creek Rim Road. )

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We stayed 3 night on the Sage Creek Rim Road primitive campground. It is free!! Had buffalo in the campground grazing for a couple of hours each day. Seen a herd of 200 buffalo slowly graze out of the hills and down into the dry river bed. They were within 100 yards of our camper. The main loop is best to see on a sunny day. If possible wait it out til you have a sunny day.