North Dakota trails · Maah Daah Hey
Maah Daah Hey
A 83.5-mile point-to-point in North Dakota, with 728 ft of climbing. Reaches Devils Pass. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 7,233 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Devils Pass (pass)
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Getting there
Maah Daah Hey access — parking nearby. 47.58634, -103.27868 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:38 a.m., the sun rises at 6:10 a.m. and sets at 7:35 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:07 p.m. (MDT) — 13 h 26 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 83.5-mile route works out to roughly 31 h 17 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- Long X + Maah Daah Hey — 11.1 mi loop, 1,497 ft gain
- Cottonwood + Maah Daah Hey + Bennett — 15.3 mi loop, 2,376 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Achenbach Trail — 2.9 mi
- Long X — 3.5 mi
- Summit Trail — 3.7 mi
- Buckhorn Trail — 3.9 mi