Free Topo Maps of Wind Cave National Park

Download free topo maps of Wind Cave National Park. Use the adjoining 7.5 minute quadrangle legend to locate the South Dakota maps you need.

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  1. Northwest Topo Map: Cicero Peak, SD
  2. North Topo Map: Mount Coolidge, SD
  3. Northeast Topo Map: Butcher Hill, SD
  4. West Topo Map: Pringle, SD
  5. Topo Map: Wind Cave, SD
  6. East Topo Map: Boland Ridge, SD
  7. Southwest Topo Map: Minnekahta NE, SD
  8. South Topo Map: Hot Springs, SD
  9. Southeast Topo Map: Buffalo Gap, SD
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Wind Cave National Park

Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota is located in the western region of the state, near the town of Hot Springs. American Indians in the Black Hills related stories of a place that emitted winds through a hole in the earth. During the late 1800s two men found the site when they heard a gust of air emanating from the hole; however it was not until the 1890s after the hole had been enlarged, that Alvin McDonald ventured into the Wind Cave, and discovered the vastness of this underground marvel. The maze of cave 'rooms' that existed were mapped by the young man during the next few years, following a mining claim by his father which allowed them to explore and bring tourists in the cave system. It was not until a dispute entered into the courts that a decision was adjudicated indicating that since neither of the parties was mining the caves or homesteading the land, neither had a right to be there. Shortly after this time the Wind Cave National Park was created to protect the natural resources of this unique and wondrous cave system.