198 official trails lie within 25 miles of Rapid City — 567 miles in total, 145 rated easy and 16 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.
The biggest climb nearby gains 2,457 ft; the median trail gains 338 ft.
| Trail | Miles | Climb | Difficulty | From town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial On Northern Hills | 22.1 | 1,422 ft | Expert | 22 mi |
| Centennial On Mystic | 26.4 | 1,456 ft | Expert | 14 mi |
| Newton 36 | 9.7 | 1,063 ft | Expert | 23 mi |
| Victoria 13 | 8.2 | 977 ft | Expert | 8 mi |
| Centennial On Hell | 9.9 | 678 ft | Expert | 18 mi |
| Paha Sapa Trail | 7.8 | 1,120 ft | Expert | 23 mi |
| George S. Mickelson Trail | 72.3 | 2,457 ft | Hard | 20 mi |
| Harney # 9 North | 4.4 | 1,802 ft | Hard | 21 mi |
| Grizzly #7 | 5.3 | 1,417 ft | Hard | 20 mi |
| Lost Cabin #2 | 4.8 | 1,352 ft | Hard | 20 mi |
| Flume | 9.8 | 513 ft | Hard | 11 mi |
| Devils Head 60 | 5.7 | 481 ft | Hard | 10 mi |
| Piedmont Fire Trail 144 | 4.9 | 996 ft | Hard | 14 mi |
| Norbeck #3 | 3.3 | 1,356 ft | Moderate | 22 mi |
| Victoria 10 | 4.5 | 613 ft | Hard | 12 mi |
| Bogus 25 | 3.0 | 724 ft | Moderate | 14 mi |
| Victoria 14 | 3.3 | 382 ft | Moderate | 12 mi |
| Little Devil's Tower | 2.9 | 777 ft | Moderate | 23 mi |
| Raspberry 8501 | 2.6 | 569 ft | Moderate | 17 mi |
| Pony Gulch 09 | 2.9 | 687 ft | Moderate | 22 mi |
| Bogus 05 | 3.3 | 648 ft | Moderate | 15 mi |
| Bogus 22 | 3.1 | 605 ft | Moderate | 12 mi |
| Pied 277 | 4.2 | 582 ft | Moderate | 14 mi |
| Bogus 40 | 3.7 | 557 ft | Moderate | 12 mi |
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