About hiking in Billings County

Billings County, North Dakota has 34 named trails tagged for hiking, covering 70.7 miles, an average of 2.1 miles each. The longest is Petrified Forest Loop Trail, at 8.5 miles. 2 run 5 miles or longer.

What the hiking trails in Billings County are like

By length, 14 are under a mile, 18 run 1 to 5 miles, and 2 are 5 miles or longer. 2 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is East Loop, at 1.9 miles.

Of the 34 with measured elevation, Upper Paddock Creek Trail climbs the most, about 1,493 ft.

All 34 hiking trails, longest first

Petrified Forest Loop TrailHike8.5 mi Upper Paddock Creek TrailHike7.7 mi Jones Creek TrailHike4.5 mi Lower Talkington TrailHike4.0 mi Upper Talkington TrailHike4.0 mi Lone Tree Spring Loop TrailHike3.7 mi Lower Paddock Creek TrailHike3.6 mi Roundup TrailHike3.2 mi Painted Canyon Loop TrailHike2.9 mi Mike Auney TrailHike2.8 mi Corral Loop TrailHike2.6 mi Maah Daah Hey II TrailHikeMTB2.5 mi East Loop TrailHike2.4 mi Painted Canyon TrailHike2.2 mi Big Plateau TrailHike2.0 mi East LoopHike1.9 mi Talkington TrailHike1.8 mi Ridgeline Nature TrailHike1.5 mi West Loop TrailHike1.4 mi Ekblom TrailHike1.2 mi Coal Vein Nature TrailHike0.8 mi Coal Creek TrailHikeMTB0.7 mi Paddock Creek TrailHike0.6 mi Elkhorn Ranch Unit TrailHike0.6 mi Old East Entrance Station TrailHike0.5 mi Mike Auney Shortcut TrailHike0.5 mi Wind Canyon TrailHike0.5 mi Cottontail RunHike0.4 mi Lone Tree TrailHike0.4 mi Boicourt TrailHike0.4 mi Buck Hill TrailHike0.3 mi Bear Creek TrailHikeMTB0.2 mi Bully Pulpit TrailHikeMTB0.2 mi Gulch Loop TrailHike0.1 mi

← All Billings County trails

Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt October 4, 2026.