The Badlands Back Way

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117.8 km

Length

+450 m

Ascent

−710 m

Descent

985 m

Highest point

5.9%

Max gradient

2h 37min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 985 m

21 °C partlycloudy

wind 5 m/s · clouds 67%

At the start

21 °C partlycloudy

wind 5 m/s · clouds 67%

	Min	Max	Precipitation	Wind
Friday 23 Oct	14 °C	27 °C	0.0 mm	7 m/s	partlycloudy
Saturday 24 Oct	5 °C	20 °C	0.0 mm	10 m/s	clearsky
Sunday 25 Oct	4 °C	8 °C	2.0 mm	3 m/s	partlycloudy

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/23/26, 12:46 AM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: Hill and low mountain road
Surface: asphalt 97%, concrete 1%

Roads nearby

Badlands Loop Road

49.1 km
Length: +472 m
Ascent

The Nemo Road

45.8 km
Length: +336 m
Ascent

The Black Hills Spine

137.7 km
Length: +2,157 m
Ascent

117.8 km · 985 m

Elevation profile

What does The Badlands Back Way look like?

Conata Township, SD, USA - panoramio - Idawriter (10) · Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0

SD 19 and 44 Parker · TCN7JM · CC BY-SA 3.0

SD 19 and 44 southeast of Parker, SD · TheCatalyst31 · CC BY 4.0

Caputa, South Dakota · Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0

Interior, South Dakota - panoramio - Idawriter · Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0

South Dakota Highway 44 Facing West Near RAP (52606438524) · formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0

Milwaukee Road Freight House · Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start

Rapid City

44.08338, -103.22732

Finish

Interior

43.72526, -101.98107

Stages

Stage 1 59.1 km
Stage 2 58.8 km

Along the road

Restaurants and cafés

Enigma Restaurant 0.0 km · 985 m

Bokujo Ramen 0.0 km · 985 m

Sabatino's Italian Ristorante 0.0 km · 985 m

Press Start 0.0 km · 985 m

Historic Freight House Grill & Taproom 0.0 km · 985 m

Kathmandu Bistro 0.0 km · 985 m

Holy Sm(oaks) Craft BBQ 0.0 km · 985 m

Essence of Coffee 0.0 km · 985 m

Delmonico Grill 0.0 km · 984 m

Starbucks 0.0 km · 984 m

Wine Cellar Restaurant 0.0 km · 984 m

Ixtapa Mexican Restaraunt 0.0 km · 984 m

16 more

EV chargers

1 unnamed place along the road, from 0.0 km to 0.0 km.

Parking

Off-Airport Outdoor Parking 14.9 km · 912 m

72 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 14.9 km.

Toilets

4 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 117.8 km.

Fuel

Holiday 1.0 km · 976 m

Sinclair 1.3 km · 974 m

Holiday 5.9 km · 953 m

Exxon 6.4 km · 951 m

Conoco 7.9 km · 945 m

Cowboy Corner 117.8 km · 725 m

3 unnamed places along the road, from 1.0 km to 117.8 km.