Best Easy Day Hikes Black Hills Country

Covering the trails in the area from Devils Tower National Monument and Mount Rushmore National Memorial to Custer State Park, Wind Cave, and Badlands National Park, this indispensable guide provides accurate hike descriptions, easy-to-follow maps, and concise trail information for the authors' favorite trails. With hikes varying from half-hour strolls to full-day adventures, Best Easy Day Hikes South Dakota's Black Hills Country has something for everyone.

Bert and Jane Gildart are hikers, writers, and photographers specializing in outdoor recreation. They live in Bigfork, Montana.

Acknowledgments

viii

Introduction

1

(3)

Ranking the Hikes

4

(2)

Map Legend

6

(1)

Hikes in Wyoming

Devils Tower National Monument

7

(8)

Tower Trail

9

(2)

Red Beds Trail

11

(1)

Joyner Ridge Trail

12

(3)

Hikes in South Dakota

Spearfish Area

15

(6)

Rimrock Trail Lower Loop

16

(5)

Honorable Mention: Roughlock Falls

19

(2)

Custer State Park

21

(18)

Sylvan Lake Shore Trail

22

(2)

Sunday Gulch Trail

24

(2)

Grace Coolidge Walk-in Fishing Area

26

(2)

Creekside Trail

28

(1)

Lovers' Leap Trail

29

(3)

Badger Clark Historic Trail

32

(2)

French Creek Natural Area

34

(3)

Prairie Trail

37

(2)

Harney Range

39

(8)

Willow Creek Loop

40

(3)

Iron Mountain Loop

43

(4)

Deerfield Area

47

(6)

Spring Creek Loop

48

(5)

Honorable Mentions: Veterans Point and Aspen Leaf Trails

51

(2)

Wind Cave National Park

53

(10)

Belowground Hike

54

(1)

Garden of Eden Cave Tour

54

(2)

Aboveground Hikes

55

(1)

Elk Mountain Interpretive Trail

56

(2)

Rankin Ridge Interpretive Trail

58

(2)

Lookout Point-Centennial Trail Loop

60

(3)

Badlands National Park

63

(6)

Door Trail

64

(1)

Window Trail

64

(1)

Notch Trail

64

(3)

Castle Trail and Medicine Root Loop

67

(2)

A Bit Harder

69

(12)

Crow Peak Trail #64, Spearfish Area

70

(3)

Bear Butte, Bear Butte State Park Area

73

(4)

Sylvan Lake to Harney Peak Trail, Harney Area

77

(4)

Hike/Bike Trails

81

(7)

George S. Mickelson Trail

82

(3)

Centennial Trail

85

(3)

About the Authors

88

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