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Custer County Trail Maps
69 named trails across Custer County, South Dakota, with maps, distances, and elevation profiles.
About trails in Custer County, South Dakota
Custer County has 69 named trails on the map, covering 202 miles in total, an average of 2.9 miles per trail. That is the 3rd largest mapped trail network among 14 counties in South Dakota. 67 of them are tagged for hiking and 12 for mountain biking.
The longest single trail is George S. Mickelson Trail, at 45.1 miles. 8 trails run 5 miles or longer. Mapped points of interest in the county include 2 trailheads, 62 campsites, 2 waterfalls, and 2 boat launches. The nearest towns to these trails are Custer, Keystone, and Pringle.
What the trails in Custer County are like
By length, 28 are under a mile, 33 run 1 to 5 miles, and 8 are 5 miles or longer. 4 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is Sunday Gulch Trail, at 3.0 miles.
Of the 31 with a difficulty rating, 24 easy, 5 moderate, and 2 hard. Of the 69 with measured elevation, George S. Mickelson Trail climbs the most, about 8,512 ft, and 8 gain 1,000 ft or more.
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Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt .