North Dakota trails · Buffalo Gap
Buffalo Gap
A 18.9-mile out-and-back in North Dakota, with 326 ft of climbing. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 1,252 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Getting there
Buffalo Gap access. 46.90527, -103.57051 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:40 a.m., the sun rises at 6:12 a.m. and sets at 7:36 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:07 p.m. (MDT) — 13 h 24 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 37.8-mile round trip works out to roughly 14 h 20 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Nearby trails
- Maah Daah Hey Trail — 2.1 mi
- Lower Paddock Creek Trail — 4.8 mi
- Lone Tree Trail — 5.7 mi
- Upper Paddock Creek Trail — 6.8 mi