Contents
Acknowledgments
Meet Your Guides
Before You Hit the Trail
Introduction
Map Legend
The Hikes
Bearlodge Mountains
1Cook Lake Trail (WY)
2 Cliff Swallow Trail (WY)
3 Carson Draw Trails (WY)
Bear Butte State Park
4 Bear Butte (SD)
Devils Tower National Monument
5 Tower Trail (WY)
6 Red Beds Trail (WY)
7 South Side and Valley View Trails (WY)
8 Joyner Ridge Trail (WY)
Spearfish Area
9 Crow Peak Trail (SD)
10 Old Baldy Trail (SD)
11 Little Spearfish Trail (SD)
12 Rimrock Trail (SD)
13 Big Hill Trails (SD)
14 Eagle Cliff Trails (SD)
Custer State Park
15 The Creekside Trail (SD)
16 French Creek Natural Area (SD)
17 Grace Coolidge Walk-in Fishing Area (SD)
18 Lovers’ Leap Trail (SD)
19 Legion Lake Campground Trail (SD)
20 Prairie Trail (SD)
21 Badger Clark Historic Trail (SD)
22 Sunday Gulch Trail (SD)
23 Sylvan Lake Shore Trail (SD)
Black Elk Range
24 Sylvan Lake to Black Elk Peak Trail (SD)
25Little Devils Tower Spur Trail (SD)
26 Little Devils Tower Trailhead to Black Elk Peak (SD)
27Cathedral Spires Trail (SD)
28 Willow Creek Loop (SD)
29 Black Elk Peak Loop (SD)
30 Lost Cabin–Black Elk Peak Loop (SD)
31 Iron Mountain Loop (SD)
32 Horsethief Lake to Mount Rushmore (SD)
Deerfield
33Deerfield Trail (SD)
34 Deerfield Lake Loop (SD)
35 Flume Trail (SD)
36 Spring Creek Loop (SD)
37 Boulder Hill (SD)
Wind Cave National Park
38 Cold Brook Canyon Trail (SD)
39 Wind Cave Canyon Trail (SD)
40 Lookout Point–Centennial Trail Loop (SD)
41 Highland Creek–Sanctuary–Centennial Loop (SD)
42 Boland Ridge Trail (SD)
43 Rankin Ridge Nature Trail (SD)
44 Elk Mountain Nature Trail (SD)
45Prairie Vista Nature Trail(SD)
Jewel Cave National Monument
46Roof Trail (SD)
47Canyons Trail(SD)
48Hell Canyon Trail (SD)
Badlands National Park
Badlands Wilderness Areas
49 Castle Trail(SD)
50 Medicine Root Loop (SD)
51 Cliff Shelf Nature Trail (SD)
52 Saddle Pass Trail (SD)
53 Fossil Exhibit Trail (SD)
54 Door Trail (SD)
55Window Trail(SD)
56Notch Trail (SD)
The Long Trails
57 Centennial Trail (SD)
58George S. Mickelson Trail (SD)
Bonus Hikes at a Glance
APPENDIX A: Suggested Equipment
APPENDIX B: Managing Agencies
APPENDIX C: Campgrounds
APPENDIX D: Additional Reading
Hike Index
