A scroll through the trip.
Three years and a winding line west then south then back. Click any stop to read about it.
Buffalo Gap, SD
Great Plains · SD
Buffalo Gap, SD
Free BLM camping fifteen miles outside Badlands. Pronghorn and a wind that doesn't quit.
Read the entry →Notch Trail
Short, exposed, with a log ladder. The Badlands' best half-hour.
Wall Drug stop
Five-cent coffee, free ice water, and every road sign you've seen for the last 200 miles.
Argentina Canyon
Five-mile loop through aspens in the Sacramento Mountains.
Goosenecks
Five-minute walk to an overlook of the San Juan River carving back on itself.
Indian Creek
BLM climbers' campground south of Canyonlands Needles. Six-Shooter at the door.
View campsite →Chesler Park
All-day loop through The Needles. Bring water, bring snacks, bring a friend.
Colter Bay
Big NP campground with showers and lakeshore. Half the crowds after Labor Day.
View campsite →Hermitage Point
Nine-mile lakeshore loop. Moose at dawn, beavers at dusk.
Dornan's Pizza
Pizza, beer, and the entire Teton range from the patio.