This place is haunting and beautiful. Very dry, very much a sun-baked desert. The soil at the top of the bluffs was oddly soft and puffy, and I’m honestly not sure how they haven’t been destroyed by foot traffic and erosion. That aside, there isn’t a good path to all the various landmarks and monuments so I highly recommend getting a hiking map or downloading one before you get to the site. Other reviewers said they had service but once we left the paved highway we didn’t have any, and since I hadn’t downloaded the map, I wasn’t able to find the big hoodoo that I wanted to see.

There is a large flat area that is great for tents, and many of the campers who parked there went further into the actual badlands to camp on the hills.

The covered picnic area has three tables and a grill.

An interesting feature is a tiny stream of clear water that meanders around the picnic area, but leaves all the plants it touches covered in a crusty white stuff.