North Dakota trails · Pipestem Damn Trail
Pipestem Damn Trail
A 7.8-mile out-and-back in North Dakota, with 103 ft of climbing.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the final third — 68% of the ascent, between mile 5.2 and mile 7.8. It gives back about 501 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
Pipestem Damn Trail access. 46.96203, -98.74607 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:20 a.m., the sun rises at 7:51 a.m. and sets at 6:49 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:20 p.m. (CDT) — 10 h 59 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 15.6-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 53 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:44 p.m. — 5 h 06 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Pipestem Damn Trail — 7.8 mi loop, 1,045 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Fort Totten Trail — 20.5 mi