Batesland

Batesland occupies rolling High Plains grassland in southwestern South Dakota. This small census-designated community stands on U.S. Route 18 within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, in Oglala Lakota County. The Great Plains set the scale here: open prairie and long road corridors extend far beyond the settlement, while the Black Hills lie farther north. The community is part of the reservation home of the Oglala Lakota, whose living Lakota culture is central to the area’s identity. Batesland provides a useful reference point for understanding reservation geography and the broad interior of the American Plains. Discover other points of interest through webcams located across South Dakota’s Pine Ridge region.

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