The Ranch Store of The Badlands

On the map, its located at the wrong place, better to follow directions from their website

This is nowhere near where it's shown on the map. It's on 240 south of I-90 exit 131. The prairie dogs are a treat.

This was by far the most fun I’ve had in a long time feeding these things. For $1 dollar a bag of peanuts you can feed a multitude of prairie dogs. Supper fun. Even the teenager let loose lol

You see the big prairie dog not long after you leave the Badlands on the east side of the loop. One of our favorite parts of our vacation was feeding the adorable (but plague-ridden) prairie dogs, and taken cheesy pictures with the 20 foot statue. Super fun! Get multiple bags of peanuts from the store, you'll want them.

Fun little stop on the way into the badlands. The prairie dogs were cute and defiantly not scared of people. We had to keep a close eye on our 2 year old so she would step into a prairie dog hole. We did end up getting her a stuffed prairie dog in the store since she was good about not scaring them. Stock up on water especially if you are going to hike in the badlands.

The store was closed when we got there but you could still buy peanuts outside for $1 per (very small) bag. Worth every penny! The prairie dogs were so flippin cute! World’s Largest Prairie Dog is worth the stop, too.

I loved hand feeding the prarie dogs! Our family took a cheesy picture with the
20 ft tall prarie dog, too. What a blast!

Waze took us to the right location. Good place to see prairie dogs but not much else. Store was a good place to hide from the downpour and the dogs came out as soon as it stopped raining.

Fun! Fun! Fun! Worth the stop! I also felt better knowing they work with a researchers on studying Prairie Dogs!

Stopped by on the way out of Badlands and the kids had a blast feeding the prairie dogs!