South Dakota trails · Boggy
Boggy
A 1.5-mile out-and-back in South Dakota, with 293 ft of climbing. Reaches Boggy Reservoir and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the first third — 55% of the ascent, between mile 0.0 and mile 0.5.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Boggy Reservoir (lake)
- Willow Springs Reservoir (lake)
Getting there
BOGGY access. About 1 h 47 min drive (57 mi, 21 of them unpaved) from Rapid City. 43.97145, -103.96485 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:39 a.m., the sun rises at 7:08 a.m. and sets at 6:14 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:43 p.m. (MDT) — 11 h 05 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 3.1-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 26 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 8:34 a.m. — 9 h 39 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Ditch Creek 58 — 3.0 mi
- Snow-2 — 6.8 mi
- Deerfield Lake Loop — 9.1 mi
- Snow-2K — 10.2 mi