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Fossil Exhibit Trail route map
Difficulty: EasyOut and Back
Badlands National Park/South Dakota

Fossil Exhibit Trail

Interior, South Dakota

0.4 mi

Distance

36 ft

Elev. Gain

8m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Fossil Exhibit 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:810 ft
Max:815 ft
Gain:11 ft
Loss:11 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 810 ft and 815 ft across 0.4 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.810 ft812 ft813 ft815 ft0.0 mi0.1 mi0.2 mi0.3 mi0.4 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi810 ft
High point0.1 mi815 ft
End0.4 mi810 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

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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