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A six-ton concrete prairie dog statue outside the Badlands Ranch Store near Cactus Flat, South Dakota, just south of I-90 Exit 131 on the Badlands Loop Road (SD-240), billed as the World's Largest Prairie Dog.
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World's Largest Prairie Dog
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Approximate location · 43.885° N, 101.978° W
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Outside the Badlands Ranch Store on SD-240 about one mile south of I-90 Exit 131, with a real prairie dog town nearby.
ACCESS
Roadside statue at the store; the store itself is a retail business with seasonal opening (reported May to October by a Tier C source); the statue is reported as visitable year-round by Tier C sources only.
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