# Theodore Roosevelt Badlands

**Location:** Medora, ND | **Difficulty:** Moderate | **Length:** 45 miles

**GPS:** 46.9790, -103.5387

**Vehicle requirements:** 4WD with low range, all-terrain or mild mud-terrain tires (31–33"), skid plates recommended. Stock-to-2" lift handles most obstacles.

**Best season:** May - October

Explore the colorful painted badlands that inspired Teddy Roosevelt to become America's conservation president. Striped buttes, wild horses, and bison roam through some of the most dramatic landscape in the northern plains.

**Region:** Midwest • **Trail type:** Overlanding • **Rating:** 4.6/5

**Highlights:** Painted canyons, Wild horses, Bison herds, Historic ranches, Petrified forest

**Nearby campgrounds:**
- No campgrounds found within 40 miles in our directory.

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