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

TrailMiles
Maah Daah HeyNational Recreation TrailTheodore Roosevelt Wilderness Wilderness144.3
North Country National ScenicNational Scenic or Historic Trail31.1
Buffalo Gap18.9
Wolf8.8
Hankinson Hills7.9
Cottonwood6.9
Blacktail6.8
Long X5.8
Denbigh3.2
Bennett3.1
Birnt Hills Loop3
Oak Leaf2.3
Ice Caves1.5
Buffalo Gap Loop1.3
Buffalo Gap Spur1.3
Coal Creek0.7
Aspen0.3
Birnt Hills Overlook0.3
CCC0.3
Magpie0.3
Battle of the Badlands0.2
Bear Creek0.2
Easy Hill Overlook0.2
Sather Lake0.2
Summit Viewpoint0.2
Wannagan0.2
Arboretum Loop0.1
Buffalo Gap Viewpoint0.1
Bully Pulpit0.1
Coal Creek Spur0.1
Elkhorn0.1
Homers Camp0.1
Juniper Spur0.1
Skyline0.1
Summit0.1
Survey Monument0.1

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.