Wind Cave National park is a unique and breathtaking park located in Hot Springs, South Dakota. There are regularly scheduled cave tours year-round. Five types of cave tours are scheduled. There are 30 miles of hiking trails in the park. Two trails, the Rankin Ridge Trail and the Elk Mountain Trail are self guiding nature trails with trail booklets.
Prairie dogs are one example of the many kinds of wildlife that are at Wind Cave.
You can see both eastern and western animals and plants on the mixed grass prairie of Wind Cave National Park, though western species steal most of the show. Bison and pronghorn antelope graze here. In late spring it's fun to watch the newborn bison calves frolicking. Prairie dog towns, which cover many acres, sometimes shelter rattlesnakes and burrowing owls. The park's elk are shy and difficult to see, but in the fall their bulging can easily be heard.