Wind Cave National Park

Wind Cave National Park from Rankin Ridge, the park's highest point.
Wind Cave National Park protects two very different worlds - one deep within the earth, the other a sunlit world of many resources. Bison, elk, and other wildlife roam the rolling prairie grasslands and forested hillsides of one of America's oldest national parks. Below the remnant island of intact prairie sits Wind Cave, one of the longest and most complex caves in the world.
Map showing location of park.
A mangled brown metal guardrail surrounded by prairie grass.
Guardrail repair project begins October 7 at Wind Cave National Park
Crews will be working along Highway 385 to repair damaged guardrails necessitating lane closures beginning October 7.
Woman wearing a colorful dress dances on a green carpet with white hoops along her arms and in her hands. People stand and sit along the edges of the carpet watching her.
Wind Cave National Park and Tribal Artists Commemorate Native Americans’ Day with Demonstrations of Traditions Preserved through the Centuries
Hoop dancing, drumming, and a script reading presented in the Lakota language highlight this year’s cultural demonstrations at Wind Cave National Park on October 13 in honor of Native Americans’ Day.
On the right is a gravel road leading away from the camera toward the distant horizon. The road passes through a green prairie with a forested ridge to the right.
Backcountry road closing for maintenance at Wind Cave National Park
Maintenance crews at Wind Cave National Park will be working on Red Valley Road, also known as NPS 6, beginning September 16 and continuing at least through September 27.
A white male dressed in green pants, red jacket, and red caving helmet kneels on the floor of a cave room while reaching to operated equipment mounted on a tripod.
Virtual Cave Tours and Elk Bugling Programs Offered This Fall at Wind Cave National Park
Rangers at Wind Cave National Park will be offering virtual tours of the Natural Entrance route this fall along with programs to listen for the bugle of the Rocky Mountain elk.
Crews Mopping Up Wind Cave's Limestone Fire
Crews are mopping up a 13.4-acre lightning caused fire first reported early Saturday afternoon in Wind Cave National Park.
a bison cow and calf on the prairie
Photo by NPS Photo / Dan Roddy
rolling hills of forest and prairie landscape
Photo by NPS Photo
criss-cross-patterned calcite fins of the cave feature boxwork
Photo by NPS Photo
a caver with pads and helmet crawling in the cave
Photo by NPS Photo
two prairie dogs watch from their burrow
Photo by NPS Photo