North Dakota trails · Lone Tree Trail
Lone Tree Trail
A 3.8-mile out-and-back in North Dakota, with 422 ft of climbing. Reaches Tomamichael Spring. Managed by the National Park Service.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the final third — 67% of the ascent, between mile 2.5 and mile 3.8.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Tomamichael Spring (spring)
Heads up
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 7.6-mile round trip takes roughly 3 h 14 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 9:25 a.m. — 10 h 10 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Maah Daah Hey Trail + South Petrified Forest Trail + Lone Tree Trail — 9.8 mi loop, 773 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Mike Auney Trail — 2.9 mi
- Roundup Camp Trail — 3.4 mi
- Maah Daah Hey Trail — 3.8 mi
- Lower Paddock Creek Trail — 3.8 mi