Custer State Park TrailsSylvan Lake, Needles, and Black Elk wildernesses Areas

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89

89

89

87

4016A

16A

244

Keystone

Mount RushMoRe nAtionAl MeMoRiAl

Custer state Park

legend

89

16A

87

BlaCk elk Wilderness

BlaCk elk Peak(elv. 7242 feet)

Cathedral SpireS

little

devilS tower

Trail #9

Trai

l #9

Trail #4

Trai

l #3

Sunday Gulch

Lake ShoreTrail

Trail

#2

Trail #2

Trail #2

Trail #8 Trail #5

Trail #

9

Trai

l #14

Trail #

14

Trail #7

Trail #7

Trai

l #3

Trail #3

Trail #89B

Trail

#89

Trail #89

Trai

l #89

Palmer Creek Rd.

Trail #15

Trail #16

south dAKotA hwy

south dAKotA hwy

PARK BoundARy

highwAy

secondARy RoAd

tRAils

tRAil #2........lost cABin - 3.2 Miles

tRAil #3........noRBecK - 4.4 Miles

tRAil # 4 ...... 3.3 Miles

tRAil #5........willow cReeK - 2.0 Miles

tRAil #7........gRizzly cReeK - 5.1 Miles

tRAil #8........willow cReeK - 1.5 Miles

tRAil #9........ 3.5 Miles tRAil #14......hoRsethief lAKe - 2.8 Miles tRAil #15...... iRon cReeK - 1.4 Miles tRAil #16...... iRon MountAin - 2.4 Miles

tRAil #89...... centenniAl tRAil tRAil #89B ... centenniAl ByPAss - 3.0 Miles

Rule

s &

Reg

ulat

ions

Re

gula

tions

diff

er w

ithin

the

sta

te p

ark

syst

em a

nd t

he N

ation

al

Fore

st a

nd W

ilder

ness

are

as.

Ope

n fir

es in

Cus

ter S

tate

Par

k an

d Bl

ack

Hills

Nati

onal

For

est

Serv

ice

are

only

allo

wed

in d

esig

nate

d fir

e gr

ates

in e

stab

lishe

d ca

mpg

roun

d an

d da

y us

e ar

eas.

Cu

ster

Sta

te P

ark

Regu

lati

ons

& In

form

atio

n

A pa

rk e

ntra

nce

licen

se is

requ

ired

and

mus

t be

obta

ined

at a

n en

tran

ce g

ate

prio

r to

ente

ring

or p

arki

ng.

Tr

ails

are

mar

ked

with

blu

e di

amon

ds.

St

ock

is pr

ohib

ited

on th

e Ha

rney

Ran

ge tr

ails

with

in th

e pa

rk.

Ca

mpi

ng is

allo

wed

onl

y in

des

igna

ted

cam

pgro

unds

.

Pets

mus

t be

on a

leas

h no

long

er th

an 1

0 fe

et.

Blac

k El

k W

ilder

ness

Reg

ulat

ions

& In

form

atio

n

Trai

ls ar

e m

arke

d w

ith tr

ee b

laze

s and

sign

s at i

nter

secti

ons.

Stoc

k ar

e al

low

ed o

n tr

ails,

unl

ess o

ther

wis

e no

ted.

Cam

ping

is a

llow

ed a

nyw

here

EXC

EPT

with

in 1

/4 m

ile o

f Bla

ck

Elk

Peak

* an

d Tr

ail 9

, and

at l

east

100

feet

from

wat

er so

urce

s.

Pe

ts m

ust b

e le

ashe

d or

und

er st

rict v

oice

con

trol

.

Visit

ors

mus

t reg

ister

at a

ny o

f the

maj

or tr

ailh

ead

port

als

into

th

e w

ilder

ness

and

car

ry re

gist

ratio

n fo

rm w

ith th

em.

Gr

oups

are

lim

ited

to 2

5 be

ating

hea

rts

(sto

ck,

pets

, hi

kers

co

mbi

ned)

- gr

oups

of 1

0 or

less

are

reco

mm

ende

d.

O

nly

non-

mec

hani

zed,

non

-mot

orize

d tr

ansp

orta

tion,

no

bike

s,

stro

llers

, etc

.

Cust

er S

tate

Par

k &

Bla

ck E

lk P

eak*

Tra

ils In

form

atio

n T

wo

of th

e m

ost p

opul

ar tr

ailh

eads

to B

lack

Elk

Pea

k (*

form

erly

kno

wn

as H

arne

y Pe

ak) s

tart

with

in C

uste

r Sta

te P

ark

and

conti

nue

acro

ss

the

boun

dary

to th

e Bl

ack

Hills

Nati

onal

For

est a

nd B

lack

Elk

Wild

erne

ss.

Cust

er S

tate

Par

k Tr

ails

- Sy

lvan

Lak

e &

Nee

dles

Are

a Bl

ack

Elk

Peak

* Tr

ailh

eads

- Be

gin

at S

ylva

n La

ke D

ay U

se A

rea

Nor

th o

f Nee

dles

Hig

hway

(Hw

y 87

)

Trai

l #9

Begi

n ju

st a

cros

s the

foot

brid

ge le

adin

g to

the

swim

min

g be

ach.

Th

e m

ost t

rave

led

and

shor

test

rout

e to

Bla

ck E

lk P

eak*

. 3.

3 m

iles

(one

-way

) M

oder

ate

Trai

l #4

Begi

n at

the

furt

hest

sout

heas

t cor

ner o

f the

day

use

par

king

are

a.

Conn

ects

to th

e Li

ttle

Devi

l’s T

ower

Spu

r tra

il, a

nd e

nds

at th

e in

ters

ectio

n of

Nor

beck

Tr

ail 3

. N

orbe

ck T

rail

3 in

ters

ects

with

Tra

il 9,

whi

ch c

ontin

ues t

o Bl

ack

Elk

Peak

*.

Not

e: st

ay le

ft at

the

Grizz

ly C

reek

Tra

il 7

inte

rsec

tion

to st

ay o

n Tr

ail 3

. W

atch

for

the

inte

rsec

tions

with

Nor

beck

Tra

il 3,

Griz

zly

Cree

k Tr

ail 7

and

Tra

il 9

in

the

Blac

k El

k W

ilder

ness

. Th

ese

are

easy

to m

iss,

esp

ecia

lly o

n th

e re

turn

trip

.

3.5

mile

s (o

ne-w

ay)

Mod

erat

e

to

Stre

nuou

s

Litt

le D

evil’

s To

wer

Spu

r Tr

ail -

Beg

in 1

mile

eas

t of S

ylva

n La

ke o

n N

eedl

es H

ighw

ay (H

wy

87)

A

spur

trai

l bra

nche

s off

Tra

il 4

and

asce

nds

to a

nd e

nds

at th

e un

ique

rock

form

ation

kn

own

as L

ittle

Dev

il’s

Tow

er, o

fferin

g vi

ews

of t

he C

athe

dral

Spi

res,

Blac

k El

k Pe

ak*,

an

d th

e so

uthe

rn B

lack

Hill

s.

To S

pur =

1 m

ile

Spur

= .4

mile

s (o

ne-w

ay)

Stre

nuou

s

Cath

edra

l Spi

res

Trai

l - B

egin

2.5

mile

s eas

t of S

ylva

n La

ke o

n N

eedl

es H

ighw

ay (H

wy

87)

Ca

thed

ral S

pire

s Tra

il in

ters

ects

with

Tra

il 4

and

can

prov

ide

acce

ss to

Bla

ck E

lk P

eak*

. 1.

1 m

iles (

one-

way

) St

renu

ous

Sylv

an L

ake

Area

Lake

Sho

re

Sylv

an L

ake,

the

trai

l may

be

acce

ssed

at v

ario

us p

oint

s alo

ng th

e la

kesh

ore.

1

mile

(loo

p)

Easy

Sund

ay G

ulch

Re

ach

the

trai

lhea

d by

follo

win

g th

e Sy

lvan

Lak

e Sh

ore

Tria

l beh

ind

the

lake

dam

. 2.

8 m

iles (

loop

) St

renu

ous

Caut

iona

ry T

ips

For

Hiki

ng B

lack

Elk

Pea

k*

Th

unde

rsto

rms

cont

aini

ng

hail,

st

rong

w

inds

, an

d ra

in

are

pr

omin

ent d

urin

g th

e su

mm

er m

onth

s.

W

ear s

hoes

suita

ble

for r

ugge

d te

rrai

n.

Ta

ke e

xtra

clo

thes

, it w

ill li

kely

be

win

dy a

nd c

oole

r at t

he p

eak.

Take

at l

east

one

qua

rt o

f wat

er p

er p

erso

n.

N

O R

ESTR

OO

MS

loca

ted

alon

g th

e tr

ails.

Pack

out

you

r tra

sh.

For m

ore

info

rmati

on o

n Bl

ack

Hills

Nati

onal

For

est T

rails

:

Hell

Cany

on R

ange

r Dist

rict

60

5-67

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d.us

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s Fo

r mor

e in

form

ation

on

Cust

er S

tate

Par

k Tr

ails

:

Cust

er S

tate

Par

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