On january 3 1903 president theodore roosevelt signed the bill designating wind cave national park as the eighth national park in the united states and the first established to protect a cave.
Wind cave national park sign.
Bison elk and other wildlife roam the rolling prairie grasslands and forested hillsides of one of america s oldest national parks.
Annual pass cost 80 available to the general public and provides access to and use of federal recreation sites that charge an entrance fee for a full year from month of purchase.
Other key dates in wind cave history.
Passes can be purchased at the wind cave visitor center and at any staffed entrance station throughout the national park system.
A sign outside the visitor center provides directions.
Named for barometric winds at its entrance this.
Wind cave national park offers scenic drives and over 30 miles of hiking trails through prairies and ponderosa pine forests.
Early lakota indian inhabitants noticed wind coming from a small hole in the ground.
Wind cave national park.
1912 american bison society needed a preserve to reestablish a bison herd.
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Below the remnant island of intact prairie sits wind cave one of the longest and most complex caves in the world.
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It s home to bison prairie dogs elk and numerous other species of birds and wildlife.