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Homestead Overlook

Homestead Overlook in Badlands National Park, July 2026. The layered ridges and the long grassland behind them stretched out for miles from the edge of the boardwalk. It had been a hot one, topping out around 97, and by evening it was still in the low 90s. Whatever rain had fallen earlier was done, and the sky had opened back up. A couple of days earlier we had been in Sioux City, about a six hour drive east.

This overlook sits on the rim of the Badlands, with prairie running off behind you and those striped ridges dropping away in front. I just stood at the edge of the boardwalk and looked.