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Cliff Shelf Nature Trail route map
Difficulty: EasyLoop
Badlands National Park/South Dakota

Cliff Shelf Nature Trail

Interior, South Dakota

0.5 mi

Distance

92 ft

Elev. Gain

12m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Cliff Shelf Nature Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

National Park Service manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:795 ft
Max:816 ft
Gain:28 ft
Loss:28 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 795 ft and 816 ft across 0.5 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.795 ft802 ft809 ft816 ft0.0 mi0.1 mi0.2 mi0.4 mi0.5 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi795 ft
High point0.2 mi816 ft
End0.5 mi795 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

Managed by National Park Service

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Source of truth

Where it is

Nearest town:
Interior, SD · about 2 mi away
County:
Jackson County, SD
Jurisdiction:
Badlands National Park · National Park Service

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

Verify by phone or mail

  • Operator:605-433-5361
  • Address:25216 Ben Reifel Road · Interior, SD · 57750
We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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