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Recreation

Dakota Prairie Grasslands offers many natural attractions to visitors. Each grassland provides a unique recreational experience. Choose a recreation opportunity or recreation region below, then scroll down to view and select from the list of related recreation sites.  

Recreation

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Skyline Trail

Hiking Biking Outdoor Science and Learning Horse Riding and Camping
The Skyline Trail is 1/10-mile climb from the southernmost tip of the Denbigh Trail Loop leading to a scenic overlook.

Sully's Waterhole Interpretive Site

Site Open
Outdoor Science and Learning
General Alfred Sully and his Northwest Indian Expedition troops were on a punitive expedition in the aftermath of the Minnesota Massacre of 1862. Sully's goal was to retaliate against the Sioux, a…

Summit Campground

Site Open
Hiking Biking Other Horse Riding and Camping Picnicking Winter Sports
Summit Campground is a basic, but convenient campground with 3 campsites with picnic tables and fire rings, a vault toilet, and trailhead parking for easy access to the Summit Trail.

Summit Trail

Biking Hiking Outdoor Science and Learning
The first two miles of the four-mile-long Summit Trail are open for use. The latter two miles connecting to the Maah Daah Hey Trail are severely weather damaged and are closed for safety reasons.…

Sunset Trail Loop

Biking Hiking
The trail is a two-mile loop located near Grassy Butte, great for biking, hiking and running. A wide variety of fauna may be sighted, including mule and white-tailed deer, bighorn sheep, coyote, and…

Wannagan Campground

Site Open
Hiking Biking Off-Highway Vehicles (OHV) Horse Riding and Camping Outdoor Science and Learning Winter Sports
Wannagan Campground is remote with 10 large, open campsites with fire rings and picnic tables. The campground also has an accessible vault toilet, hitching rails, and a hand pump for potable water. 

Whitetail Campground (Picnic Area)

Site Open
Picnicking
The Whitetail Campground offers a simple, natural experience. It's a 10-unit picnic ground in the wooded area of Whitetail Creek Drainage, with fire grates, a vault toilet, and ample parking for all…

Wolf Trail

Hiking Biking Horse Riding and Camping
One of the few trails not connected to the Maah Daah Hey Trail, the Wolf Trail spans 8.76 miles of badlands from the Northwest boundary of the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park to the…