South Dakota trails · Crow Peak
Crow Peak
A 3.2-mile out-and-back in South Dakota, with 1,584 ft of climbing. Reaches Crow Peak. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It climbs almost continuously, with little descent to recover on.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Crow Peak (summit)
Getting there
CROW PEAK — parking nearby, restroom, water. 44.46700, -103.94771 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:46 a.m., the sun rises at 6:17 a.m. and sets at 7:34 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:04 p.m. (MDT) — 13 h 17 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 6.4-mile round trip takes roughly 3 h 58 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 10:14 a.m. — 9 h 20 min before sunset.