Forest Service unit 0118 · North Dakota, South Dakota
Trails in Dakota Prairie Grasslands
Dakota Prairie Grasslands publishes 36 named trails totalling 250.3 miles in the Forest Service trail layer. 8 of them have a page here, every trail with a national designation or an accessible segment and every trail of at least 4.5 miles. 2 carry a national designation. Trails here enter 1 wilderness area.
Dakota Prairie Grasslands official page ↗ · Dakota Prairie Grasslands on Site 4 ↗
By use
Wilderness areas these trails enter
All 36 trails, longest first
| Trail | Miles | Class | Allowed uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maah Daah HeyNational Recreation TrailTheodore Roosevelt Wilderness Wilderness | 144.3 | ||
| North Country National ScenicNational Scenic or Historic Trail | 31.1 | ||
| Buffalo Gap | 18.9 | ||
| Wolf | 8.8 | ||
| Hankinson Hills | 7.9 | ||
| Cottonwood | 6.9 | ||
| Blacktail | 6.8 | ||
| Long X | 5.8 | ||
| Denbigh | 3.2 | ||
| Bennett | 3.1 | ||
| Birnt Hills Loop | 3 | ||
| Oak Leaf | 2.3 | ||
| Ice Caves | 1.5 | ||
| Buffalo Gap Loop | 1.3 | ||
| Buffalo Gap Spur | 1.3 | ||
| Coal Creek | 0.7 | ||
| Aspen | 0.3 | ||
| Birnt Hills Overlook | 0.3 | ||
| CCC | 0.3 | ||
| Magpie | 0.3 | ||
| Battle of the Badlands | 0.2 | ||
| Bear Creek | 0.2 | ||
| Easy Hill Overlook | 0.2 | ||
| Sather Lake | 0.2 | ||
| Summit Viewpoint | 0.2 | ||
| Wannagan | 0.2 | ||
| Arboretum Loop | 0.1 | ||
| Buffalo Gap Viewpoint | 0.1 | ||
| Bully Pulpit | 0.1 | ||
| Coal Creek Spur | 0.1 | ||
| Elkhorn | 0.1 | ||
| Homers Camp | 0.1 | ||
| Juniper Spur | 0.1 | ||
| Skyline | 0.1 | ||
| Summit | 0.1 | ||
| Survey Monument | 0.1 |
Trails in plain text are shorter than 4.5 miles and have no page of their own. Length, class and uses come from the same Forest Service record. Data refreshed September 17, 2026.