2016 Summer Mountain Trip Part 8; Badlands National Park and former US Route 16A on South Dakota State Route 240 t
After visiting Rockerville I continued northeast towards I-90 on US 16 and the US 16 Bypass Route of Rapid City. I swung easterly on I-90/US Route 14 towards Badlands National Park and South Dakota State Route 240 (a former routing of SD 40 and US 16A) from I-90 exit 131. This blog serves as Part 8 in the 2016 Summer Mountain Trip Series. Part 7 from Rockerville, SD and US 16 can be found here: 2016 Summer Mountain Trip Part 7; Rockerville, SD the ghost town surrounded by US 16 SD 240 is an approximately 40 mile loop of I-90 which traverses through the eastern segment of Badlands National Park. From the eastern terminus in Jackson County at I-90 exit 131 SD 240 jogs southward and has a junction with SD 248. SD 240 continues south into Badlands National Park within a couple miles from I-90. Upon entering Badlands National Park SD 240 runs on Badlands Loop Road comes across the Big Badlands Overlook. Badlands National Park consists of a seri...