North Dakota trails · North Achenbach Trail
North Achenbach Trail
A 5.5-mile network in North Dakota, with 426 ft of climbing. Reaches Oxbow Overlook. Managed by the National Park Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 48% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 1.8. It gives back about 553 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Oxbow Overlook (viewpoint)
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Getting there
Oxbow Overlook Trail access — parking nearby. 47.60312, -103.44224 · 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 7:36 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:08 p.m. (MDT) — 13 h 26 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 5.5-mile route takes roughly 2 h 15 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 8:25 a.m. — 11 h 11 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Buckhorn Trail — 4.1 mi
- Achenbach Trail — 4.9 mi
- Wolf — 5.8 mi
- Long X — 6.8 mi