Canyons Trail

Canyons Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Canyons Trail

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Canyons Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.72783, -103.83761. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Canyons Trail

• Jewel Cave National Monument · cave · Custer · ~1 km · Must-see
• Sourdough Draw · viewpoint · Custer · ~8 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~22 km · Must-see
• 1881 Courthouse · museum · Custer · ~24 km · Must-see
• Crazy Horse Memorial · fort · Custer · ~26 km · Must-see
• Odakota Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~28 km · Must-see
• Cicero Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~29 km · Must-see
• Sylvan Lake · lake · Custer · ~32 km · Must-see
• Needles Eye Tunnel · viewpoint · Custer · ~33 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Peak · viewpoint · Pennington · ~36 km · Must-see
• Custer State Park · sanctuary · Custer · ~38 km · Must-see
• Black Hills Institute · museum · Pennington · ~39 km · Must-see
• Anna Miller Museum · fort · Weston · ~39 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Wilderness · sanctuary · Pennington · ~40 km · Must-see
• Weston County Courthouse · fort · Weston · ~41 km · Must-see
• Horse Thief Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~43 km · Must-see
• Mount Rushmore · sanctuary · Pennington · ~43 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center · museum · Pennington · ~44 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Canyons Trail

Other treks near Canyons Trail

• Centennial Trail · trek · Pennington · ~54 km
• Roof Trail · trek · Custer · ~1 km
• Sunday Gulch Trail · trek · Custer · ~32 km
• Sylvan Lake Trail · trek · Custer · ~32 km
• George S. Mickelson Trail · trek · Custer · ~32 km
• Rankin Ridge Trail · trek · Custer · ~38 km
• Grace Coolidge Walk-in Fishing Area · trek · Custer · ~44 km
• Soholt Drive · trek · Pennington · ~45 km
• Deerfield Trail · trek · Pennington · ~48 km
• Homestake Trail · trek · Lawrence · ~89 km

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