Surprise! The Badlands begin before you get to South Dakota. Toadstool Geologic park, in Nebraska’s northwestern corner, provides a nice preview of what lies ahead in the expansive badlands to the north. From the parking area at Toadstool Geologic Park, you can’t see much of the exciting landscape. A few arid hills pop up from the flat landscape of the Oglala National Grasslands. Cows moo to the north, and towards the west… … there’s a one-mile loop trail, that leads to some of the park’s most interesting formations. The trail starts off slow at first… … taking you past a […]