Drive two and a half hours southeast of Yellowstone National Park and you’ll find a different kind of wild. Wind blows sand across dry stream beds, and gnarled, candy-striped hoodoos jut out of reef-like rocks. You’re not on Mars — you’re in the heart of Wyoming in the Dubois Badlands.

The Dubois Badlands are not a remote, difficult-to-find wilderness, but they’re just far enough from the beaten path to feel like it. Located on the north side of U.S. Highway 26 near the small town of Dubois, the badlands are an ecologically unique part of the Equality State with opportunities for recreation and contemplation.

One of the most popular ways to explore the badlands is on foot. After turning off the highway to the main entrance on Kingfisher Road, visitors may park and enter through a chain-l

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