South Dakota trails · Viewpoint hikes

Viewpoint hikes in South Dakota

47 trails in South Dakota reach a named viewpoint. Ranked by our data-richness score; every link opens the full stats or the live map.

Trail	Length	Gain	Reaches
Snow-4	14.9 mi	1,694 ft	Little Spearfish Spring, Dances with Wolves film site
Little Devil's Tower	2.9 mi	777 ft	Little Devils Tower, Cathedral Spires
Flume	9.8 mi	513 ft	Air Force Vista
Harney # 9 North	4.4 mi	1,802 ft	Black Elk Peak
French Creek and Mt. Coolidge Trail	9.4 mi	868 ft	The Narrows
Nature Trail (Mount Rushmore National Memorial)	0.1 mi	39 ft	Mount Rushmore, Historic Viewing Terrace
Cathedral Spires	0.6 mi	360 ft	Cathedral Spires, Cathedral Spires
Spire access	0.3 mi	274 ft	Cathedral Spires, Needles other eye
Rimrock	4.8 mi	719 ft	Dances with Wolves film site
Flume Boulder Hill Summit	0.8 mi	432 ft	Boulder Hill, Boulder Hill
Sunday Gulch Trail	2.5 mi	711 ft	Sylvan Lake
National Memorial Amphitheater	0.0 mi	5 ft	Historic Viewing Terrace, Borglum View Terrace
Harney # 9 South	1.7 mi	802 ft	Black Elk Peak
Little Devil's Tower Trail	0.3 mi	190 ft	Little Devils Tower
Cardiac	3.5 mi	634 ft
Norbeck #3	3.3 mi	1,356 ft
Castle Trail	5.1 mi	71 ft	Norbeck Pass
Gavins Point Nature Trail	1.1 mi	107 ft	Gavins Point
Robar Trail	0.9 mi	117 ft	Willard Andrews Lookout
Aspen Spring Trail	0.9 mi	127 ft	Willard Andrews Lookout
Sylvan Lake Shore Trail	1.0 mi	75 ft	Sylvan Lake
The Big Sioux River Recreation Trail and Greenway	1.1 mi	72 ft	Sioux Falls
Custer Skywalk	0.3 mi	246 ft	Sunrise Point
Hiking Trail	0.8 mi	62 ft	LaBolt Lake
South Loop Trail	0.7 mi	55 ft	East Quartzite Ridge
Buzzards Roost Lookout	0.3 mi	108 ft	Buzzards Roost
Mosey Meadow Multi-Use Trail	4.1 mi	140 ft
76 Trail	0.1 mi	155 ft	Black Hills & Roughlock Nature Viewpoint
Door Trail	0.4 mi	32 ft	Door
Window Trail	0.2 mi	17 ft	Window
Gavins Point Trail	0.0 mi	31 ft	Gavins Point
River Loop	0.4 mi	3 ft	River Overlook
Notch Trail	0.3 mi	38 ft
Prairie View Trail	1.8 mi	63 ft
Brule Bottom	1.0 mi	118 ft
Medicine Root Trail	2.1 mi	65 ft
Split Rock Creek Trail	1.0 mi	63 ft
Hippie Hole Hike Trail	0.3 mi	287 ft
Saddle Pass Trail	0.3 mi	213 ft
Cliff Shelf Nature Trail	0.5 mi	80 ft
Balancing Rock Trail	0.5 mi	49 ft
Native Flower Observation Tower Trail	1.2 mi	16 ft
Quarry Pond Trail	0.5 mi	20 ft
North Loop Trail	0.6 mi	36 ft
South Wall Trail	0.2 mi	36 ft
King and Queen Trail	0.1 mi	13 ft
River Overlook	0.1 mi	2 ft