North Dakota trails · Old Oak Trail
Old Oak Trail
A 2.4-mile out-and-back in North Dakota, with 41 ft of climbing. Reaches School Section Lake. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 2.5 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- School Section Lake (lake)
Getting there
Unnamed trail junction. 48.98392, -100.32942 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:23 a.m., the sun rises at 6:56 a.m. and sets at 8:26 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:59 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 30 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 4.8-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 50 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 8:45 a.m. — 11 h 40 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Unnamed trail + Old Oak Trail — 1.1 mi loop, 123 ft gain
- Unnamed trail + Old Oak Trail + Hemerick Point Trail — 4.0 mi loop, 402 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Beaver Loop — 0.8 mi