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Horsethief Lake Trail SD
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Horsethief Lake Trail SD

Easy hiking trail near Keystone, SD. 2.5 mi, 300 ft gain, loop on dirt.

August 1, 2025
Black Hills Centennial Loop
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Black Hills Centennial Loop

Moderate hiking trail near Pactola Lake, SD. 15.0 mi, 1,600 ft gain, loop on dirt.

August 1, 2025
Cathedral Spires Trail SD
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Cathedral Spires Trail SD

Moderate hiking trail near Custer SP, SD. 5.2 mi, 900 ft gain, loop on rock.

August 1, 2025
Boxelder Creek Trail SD
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Boxelder Creek Trail SD

Moderate hiking trail near Rapid City, SD. 7.5 mi, 900 ft gain, out-and-back on dirt.

August 1, 2025
Elakala Falls Trail
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Elakala Falls Trail

<p>The Elakala Falls Trail descends steeply into the Shays Run canyon to reveal a series of four cascading waterfalls whose intimate scale, tannic-stained water, and canyon setting make them among the...

July 30, 2025
Pendleton Lake Loop
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Pendleton Lake Loop

<p>Pendleton Lake Loop circles the four-acre Pendleton Lake at the heart of Blackwater Falls State Park, combining a pleasant lakeside walk with access to one of the most ecologically distinctive bog ...

July 28, 2025
Long Branch Trail
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Long Branch Trail

<p>The Long Branch Trail loops through one of Babcock State Park's most ecologically distinctive landscapes, protecting old-growth eastern hemlock groves and expansive fern glades that represent a for...

July 26, 2025
Island in the Sky Trail
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Island in the Sky Trail

<p>The Island in the Sky Trail delivers one of the most dramatic and genuinely thrilling hiking experiences in the New River Gorge region, traversing a knife-edge sandstone ridge that projects outward...

July 24, 2025
Glade Creek Grist Mill Trail
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Glade Creek Grist Mill Trail

<p>The Glade Creek Grist Mill Trail leads to what is arguably the most photographed structure in West Virginia—a fully operational reconstructed grist mill that stands beside Glade Creek in a setting ...

July 22, 2025
Big Bend Loop
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Big Bend Loop

<p>Big Bend Loop traces the outer arc of one of the South Fork Shenandoah River's most pronounced oxbow meanders, a landscape-scale feature visible from satellite imagery where the river nearly double...

July 20, 2025
South River Floodplain Trail
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South River Floodplain Trail

<p>The South River Floodplain Trail provides direct and intimate access to the South Fork Shenandoah River's edge, traversing a lush bottomland corridor where the flat floodplain forest and open limes...

July 18, 2025

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