Hikes · South Dakota
Best hikes in South Dakota.
South Dakota hiking is the granite Black Hills and the eroded Badlands — Black Elk Peak to ladder trails in the spires.
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10 hikes worth the detour.
Sorted easy to expert. Every one mapped with distance, route type, and elevation gain — built for everyone from the RV & camping crew to the bucket-list crowd.
a boardwalk into the eroded badlands
Sylvan Lake Shorean easy loop around a granite-rimmed Black Hills lake
Notch Trail (Badlands)a log-ladder climb to a canyon notch
Devils Bathtub (Spearfish)a creek scramble to polished rock pools
Cathedral Spiresgranite spires in the Needles
Iron Creek (Black Hills)granite and pine on the Black Hills crest
Lovers Leap (Custer SP)ridge views over the southern Black Hills
Sunday Gulch (Sylvan Lake)granite spires and a creek gorge in Custer State Park
Harney/Little Devils Towera granite scramble near Black Elk Peak
Black Elk Peakthe highest point east of the Rockies, with a stone lookout
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Hikes, gems, scenic drives — all in one South Dakota guide.
See everything worth the detour in South Dakota, then let Roamward build the trip around it. Know a South Dakota trail we’re missing? Add it — we’re building this with the people who actually hike it.