North Dakota trails · Three Sisters Trail
Three Sisters Trail
A 1.6-mile out-and-back in North Dakota, with 251 ft of climbing. Reaches Three Sisters Hill. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 44% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 0.5. It climbs almost continuously, with little descent to recover on.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Three Sisters Hill (summit)
Getting there
Three Sisters Trail access — parking nearby. 48.94066, -98.06055 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:14 a.m., the sun rises at 6:47 a.m. and sets at 8:17 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:49 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 30 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 3.3-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 28 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 8:15 a.m. — 12 h 02 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Trapper's Ridge Trail — 0.5 mi
- Pembina Rim Trail — 10.7 mi