2015 Map of Scenic

About this map

Buffalo Gap National Grassland and Badlands National Park define the topography of this Pennington County landscape, where the high, flat plateaus of the Missouri Plateau meet the eroded breaks of the Badlands. The small settlement of Scenic serves as the focal point, situated at the junction of local routes and containing the regional Po and the nearby Scenic Cem. The geography is characterized by distinct "tables," or elevated flatlands, such as Kube Table, Seventyone Table, and Hart Table, which rise above the drainage systems of Bear Cr, Spring Draw, and Farnum Draw. This map illustrates a specific ranching and conservation corridor where the vast public lands of the National Grassland transition into the protected formations of the National Park, specifically within the Scenic Basin area south of the main township.