Note, this is just a snippet from the full post, located here: https://odysseycamper.com/odysseycamper/wind-cave-national-park-and-elk-mountain-campground/
Located directly south of The Black Hills of South Dakota, Custer State Park, and Mount Rushmore is Wind Cave National Park.
After you've toured enough caves and caverns, the smaller ones tend to look alike. So I can see why some people might bypass Wind Cave on a trip through the area. However, I recommend you stop here and if there is availability, that you camp overnight. Wind Cave is the perfect place for a stop between the Black Hills and Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD. It's also a great activity on a hot day.
Wind Cave is known among geologists and tourists alike, for its “boxwork” (aka speleothems) mineral formations. The boxwork is revealed when the surrounding bedrock dissolves and unveils the harder calcite, which remains behind.
While at Wind Cave, I camped at the Elk Grove campground. It's really the ONLY campground close by, but since it's near the entrance to the park, you can get the first tour in the morning.
If you want to read more about this park and the area, check out my blog post:
https://odysseycamper.com/odysseycamper/wind-cave-national-park-and-elk-mountain-campground/
