South Dakota trails · Tinton Trail
Tinton Trail
A 7.2-mile out-and-back in South Dakota, with 1,155 ft of climbing.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Getting there
BIG HILL — parking nearby, restroom, water. About 32 min drive (14 mi, 8 of them unpaved) from Spearfish. 44.41656, -103.94522 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:40 a.m., the sun rises at 7:09 a.m. and sets at 6:13 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:42 p.m. (MDT) — 11 h 04 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 14.4-mile round trip takes roughly 6 h 30 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:39 p.m. — 4 h 34 min before sunset.