Day Hiking

Hiking Brochures and Trail Maps are available at most Ranger District Offices and at the Forest Supervisor's Office. Links to individual hiking trail descriptions and information are located at the bottom of this page.

A Few One Day Hikes:

  • Deerfield Lake Loop Trail (Trail #40L)
  • Trail #9S to Black Elk Peak
  • Flume Trail (Trail #50)
  • Old Baldy Trail (Trail #66)
  • Little Spearfish Trail (Trail #80)
  • Dugout Gulch Trail (Trail #77)
  • Cliff Swallow Trail (Trail #91)

Accessible Trails:

  • Veterans Point Trail (Trail #56)
  • George S. Mickelson Trail (SD Game, Fish & Parks)
  • Roughlock Trail (Trail #65) (SD Game, Fish & Parks)

Trails for Families, or for Small Children:

  • Flume Trail (starting from the Calumet or Spring Creek Trailheads), Section 1 and/or Loop A (Trail #50)
  • Deerfield Trail (starting above Pactola Lake and heading upstream along Rapid Creek (Trail #40)
  • Osprey Trail (Trail #58)
  • Veteran's Point Trail (Trail #56)
  • Cook Lake Trail (Trail #88)
  • Dugout Gulch Trail (Main Trail). (Trail #77)
  • Roughlock Trail (Trail #65) (SD Game, Fish & Parks)
  • Mount Roosevelt Trail (Trail #48)

Historic Trails:

  • Mount Roosevelt Trail (Trail #48)
  • Flume Trail (Trail #50)
  • Centennial Trail (Trail #89)
  • Deerfield Trail (Trail #40)

Challenging Trails:

  • Crow Peak Trail (Trail #64)
  • Trail #9 North to Black Elk Peak
  • Centennial Trail between the Flume Trailhead and the Samelius Trailhead (Trail #89)

Day Hiking Areas

  • Central Hills - Rapid City
  • Buzzards Roost Trailhead
  • Centennial Trailheads (Trail #89) - Central Hills
  • Brush Creek Trailhead
  • Calumet Trailhead
  • Dakota Point Trailhead
  • Deer Creek Trailhead
  • Rapid Creek Trailhead & Fishing access
  • Samelius Trailhead
  • Spring Creek Trailhead
  • Deerfield Reservoir Complex
  • Deerfield Lake Loop Trailheads (Trail #40L)
  • Custer Trail Trailhead
  • Gold Run Trailhead
  • North Shore Trailhead
  • Deerfield Trailheads (Trail #40)
  • Deer Creek Trailhead
  • Dougherty Trailhead
  • Kinney Canyon Walk In Fishery Trailhead
  • Silver City Trailhead
  • Flume Trailheads (Trail #50)
  • Boulder Hill Trailhead
  • Calumet Trailhead
  • Coon Hollow Trailhead
  • Spring Creek Trailhead
  • Pactola Reservoir Complex
  • Osprey Trailhead (Trail #58)
  • Veterans Point Trailhead
  • Sheridan Lake Complex
  • Northern Hills-Spearfish
  • Big Hill Trailhead
  • Centennial Trailheads (Trail #89) - Northern Hills
  • Dalton Lake Trailhead
  • Elk Creek Trailhead
  • Pilot Knob Trailhead
  • South Boxelder Trailhead
  • Crow Peak Trailhead (Trail #64)
  • Dumont Trailhead
  • Eagle Cliff Trailheads (Trail #68)
  • Bratwurst Trailhead (Trail #68)
  • Holey Rock Trailhead (Trail # 68)
  • Mount Roosevelt Friendship Tower
  • Mount Roosevelt Trailhead
  • Old Baldy Trailhead (Trail #66)
  • Spearfish Canyon
  • '76 Trailhead
  • Hanna Campground
  • Hanna Nature Trailhead
  • Little Spearfish Trailhead (Trail #80)
  • Rimrock Trailhead (Trail #79)
  • Sturgis Trail System
  • Vanocker Trailhead
  • Veterans Peak Trailhead
  • Tinton Trail System
  • Lower Tinton Trailhead
  • Upper Tinton Trailhead
  • Northwestern Hills - Sundance
  • Carson Draw Trail System Trailhead (Trail #87)
  • Cook Lake Recreation Area
  • Cliff Swallow Trailhead (Trail #91)
  • Cook Lake Trailhead (Trail #88)
  • Dugout Gulch Botanical Trailhead (Trail #77)
  • Reuter Trailhead
  • Sheepnose Trailhead (Trail #93)
  • Sundance Trail System Trailhead (Trail #93)
  • Southern Hills - Custer
  • Beaver Creek Ski System Trailhead
  • Porcupine Trailhead
  • Black Elk Wilderness & Norbeck Wildlife Preserve
  • Black Elk Wilderness
  • Centennial Trailheads (Trail #89) - Southern Hills
  • Big Pine Trailhead (Centennial #89)
  • Iron Creek East Trailhead (Trail #15)
  • Iron Creek West Trailhead (Trail #15)
  • Willow Creek Trailhead
  • Grizzly Bear Creek Trailhead (Trail #7)
  • Horsethief Lake
  • Horsethief Lake Day Use Site
  • Horsethief Lake Trailhead
  • Iron Mountain Trailhead (Trail #16)
  • Palmer Creek Trailhead (Lost Cabin #2)
  • Hell Canyon Trailhead

Recreation Areas

Recreation Activities