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Destination South Dakota, Part Two: Badlands National Park

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Despite its enormous and challenging landscape, the majority of Badlands National Park’s most beautiful views and trails are actually very accessible to people with walking disabilities. Our family visited the park in September 2011 with two toddlers in strollers and explored its main trails and viewpoints with ease. Continue reading Destination South Dakota, Part Two: Badlands National Park

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Destination South Dakota, Part One: Accessible Mount Rushmore

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The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is managed by the National Park Service, and as a result, is extremely accessible.

“The National Park Service wants to make things as accessible as possible to as many different people as possible,” Maureen McGee-Ballinger, chief of interpretation and education at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, tells me. “The parks belong to the public.” Continue reading Destination South Dakota, Part One: Accessible Mount Rushmore