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Pinnacles Overlook, Badlands National Park

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  • By Grover R
    This is one of a handful of overlooks you have to visit on your drive through the park. Others may be worth stopping if the sun is right or if there are animals; however, this is one you should plan....  more
    This is one of a handful of overlooks you have to visit on your drive through the park. Others may be worth stopping if the sun is right or if there are animals; however, this is one you should plan....  more »
  • By RYC88
    The really cool thing about the Badlands loop road is that every overlook offers a completely different vista - everything from spires to colored mounds to flat land to rocky outcroppings. It's... 
    The really cool thing about the Badlands loop road is that every overlook offers a completely different vista - everything from spires to colored mounds to flat land to rocky outcroppings. It's...  more »
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  • By Bill Adams
    Gotta see this place.
  • By michael danko
    Now that a view!!!
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