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Long-term parking is available at many of the The Centennial Trail has been developed for you PO Box 688 trailheads as shown on the reverse of this to enjoy. Please help us keep the Trail clear of Sturgis, SD 57785 trash by packing out all of your litter and food brochure. If you plan to leave your vehicle (605) 347-5240 overnight or longer in Fort Meade Recreation residue. When camping, use minimum impact Area, Bear Butte State Park, or Wind techniques and practice Leave No Trace ethics. www.sdgfp.info/parks/Regions/NorthernHills/BearButte.htm , please notify a ranger. Doing this If using a motorized vehicle on the Trail where Bureau of Land Management will let park managers know why a vehicle has permitted, TREAD LIGHTLY and protect the 310 Roundup St. been left at a trailhead. environment you enjoy. When Belle Fourche, SD 57717 meeting other parties on the (605) 892-7000 Trail, allow room to pass. www.mt.blm.gov/sdfo/ftmeade/ftmeade.html Horse riders will require extra National Forest space. Bikes yield to hikers; 1019 N. 5th St. hikers yield to horses. Custer, SD 57730 (605) 673-9200 TDD (605) 673-9227 Feedback www.fs.fed.us/r2/blackhills Hell Canyon Ranger District We need your comments on your Centennial Trail 330 Mt. Rushmore Road experience. Did you find the trail signing Custer, SD 57730 adequate? Were the facilities along the Trail (605) 673-4853 adequate? Were you able to find enough information to plan your trip? Please send any Mystic Ranger District 8221 S. Hwy 16 comments you may have to the supervisor of any Rapid City, SD 57702 Campfires agency listed on this brochure. (605) 343-1567

Open fires are not permitted. An “open fire” is Northern Hills Ranger District defined as any fire burning slash, brush, grass, Trail Maps 2014 N. Main St. stubble, debris, rubbish, or other inflammable Spearfish, SD 57783 (605) 642-4622 material not enclosed in a stove, spark-proof This Trail is shown in detail on two different Trails incinerator, or an established fireplace approved Illustrated maps which are available for or constructed by public agencies in designated approximately $9.95*. The Black Hills National 13329 U.S. Highway 16A recreation areas. Campfire grates are provided Forest visitor map can be purchased from any of Custer, SD 57730 in many campgrounds for campground users. the agencies listed for approximately $7.49*. (605) 255-4515 Please be careful with fire. This map provides information about road access www.custerstatepark.info to the trailheads. *Prices are subject to change.

Wind Cave National Park R E L C A R 26611 U.S. Highway 385 N E A O T I I Hot Springs, SD 57747 T O A A N (605) 745-4600 N U www.nps.gov/wica/ TRAIL These agencies are equal opportunity employers and providers. In the Black Hills of Allowed Trail Uses Trip Planning By Management Agency Planning will help you enjoy your trip on the s e l c g Centennial Trail. Find out as much as you can i n h i k e

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n Drinking water is not readily available along the i e d i a z r i t r g e Trail. Many of the streams dry up in early n o s n u t i r o o k o

i summer. Protect yourself and treat raw water M M H H taken from streams and lakes before you drink it. Bear Butte State Park Yes Yes** Yes** No Many of the established campgrounds and picnic areas along the Trail have drinking water during Ft. Meade Recreation Area Permits, Fees, and Camping Yes Yes Yes No the summer months of June, July, and August. Bureau of Land Mgmt. During the rest of the year, campground water Many of the campgrounds along the Trail charge a Black Hills National Forest Yes Yes Yes No* systems are turned off. Be prepared for fee. Some campgrounds also require a unexpected changes in the weather, and for reservation ahead of time. The facility list on the emergencies. Food is not readily available along Black Wilderness Yes Yes No No reverse of this brochure indicates which facilities the Trail. Food may be obtained from stores in require a use fee and reservation. the Black Hills area. Custer State Park Yes Yes Yes No Wilderness portion of the Trail requires free registration for anyone using the Yes No No No Wilderness. This registration form describes the rules and regulations of the *Motorized use of the Centennial Trail is allowed and are available at Wilderness Trailheads. only on some portions of the Trail between Pilot Bicycles are not allowed in the Wilderness. Knob Trailhead and Dalton Trailhead. Use alternate routes as signed. Custer State Park requires the purchase of a Introduction park entrance license for vehicles to use the Park. **Horse and mountain bike use is not allowed in Marking the 100th anniversary of statehood, Annual and temporary permits are available. No the eastern portion of Bear Butte State Park. permit is required to hike or bike through Custer 1889 to 1989, the 111-mile Centennial Trail Along the Trail several short stretches are represents the diversity of South Dakota. The State Park. Within Custer State Park, camping is designated for hiker use only. Bypass routes are only allowed in developed campgrounds, except in Trail crosses the grasslands near Bear signed for other trail user types. Butte State Park and climbs into the Black Hills the French Creek Natural Area where camping is high country, skirting lakes and streams until it allowed anywhere along the trail. reaches Wind Cave National Park near Hot TRAIL COURTESY Springs. The Forest Service, Bureau of Land Wind Cave National Park requires a free Management, , and South backcountry permit for those who plan to camp in YIELD the backcountry. This permit describes Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks TO have combined their efforts to develop this Trail requirements which must be followed when for you to enjoy. camping in the backcountry of Wind Cave National Park. Permits are available at Wind Cave National

Expect and respect Park trailheads. Bicycles are not allowed off other trail users designated roads. TRAILTRAIL HIGHLIGHTSHIGHLIGHTS CENTENNIALCENTENNIAL TRAILTRAIL

Bear Butte LEGEND Bear Butte - Centennial Trail begins Bear 79 Butte Bear 16 Federal Highway in the north at the top of Bear Butte. Lake Butte Centennial Trail At 4,422 feet, Bear Butte is a sacred State Connector Trail 36 State Highway Bear Butte CG ? Park place for the American Indian. The Bear T Road/Highway 90 Interstate Highway H 0 Butte 4. butte is a laccolith formed by a Lake TH ? Visitor Information 208 Forest Road The Centennial Trail k molten magma intrusion that has 5 ree Campground (CG) 4. e C 2335 number “89” got its Ft. Meade utt County Road been exposed by erosion of the TH ar B 34 Sturgis Be Lake/Reservoir number from the date T State Park surrounding prairie lands. H Stream/Creek of South Dakota’s T National Memorial/Park Ft. Meade H Trailhead (TH) statehood, 1889. Recreation Area 0 View of Bear Butte 4. T Alkali Creek TH City/Town BLM Land FH 26 H Horse Camp 1 T .3 T Distance Between H H Wilderness Wildlife - The Black Hills area i k Trailheads (Miles) l e a e k r provides habitat for many wildlife 170 l C Norbeck Wildlife Preserve National Forest A .5 species. You might see antelope, 1 1 90 0 2 4 g , , white-tailed g in 4 n i k 5 k r deer, elk, turkeys, or mountain goats. Elk e r a SCALE it a P s Creek TH S P t g 1 e 168 (miles) h n t r There are about 370 miles of trout T e y g g i a e H e a i in p g r t n 6 D N n G s a o F p m i i g g 2 fishery streams in the Black Hills. The a p e m W t n g R g d d m r a i n n y n a a a C m i o e s i ti a c i e e f o l e m m k g n p p C e a p r b r c n o Centennial Trail crosses a number of n lh h s C t n m i i r s i e i il t a o i n ea d m n r m s t o f h a Facility g a a a o V a e o h n w ic is p e A r r e I these streams. El C C T T T H R C R P P S P F O S FH 26 k C i ree t k y 1 2 Bear Butte BBSP . 8 Visitor Center X X X X X X X 5/01-9/15 2335 Bighorn sheep 224 Bear Butte CG BBSP All Year T X X X X X X X X X X X X H Dalton Lakes and Reservoirs - The Boxelder TH Bear Butte Lake TH BBSP Forks CG X X X X X X X X X All Year Centennial Trail passes by or near Dalton .1 Lake CG Fort Meade TH FMRA X S. Boxelder 6 seven bodies of water, each with its Creek TH T Alkali Creek H 140 Horse Camp FMRA X X X X X X X 5/15-9/30 own special character. Sheridan Lake Nemo and Pactola Reservoir are popular Alkali Creek TH FMRA X X X X X X X X X 5/15-9/30

recreation spots for boating, fishing 6 208 Elk Creek TH BHNF . X X 385 7 and swimming. Trout fishing is Dalton TH BHNF X X X Ne especially popular. Most lakes are Pilot T B m H o o R Dalton Lake CG BHNF X X 5/20-9/15 Knob TH xe oa X X X X X X X stocked with fish by the South 3 ld d . e 2335 8 r C Boxelder Forks CG BHNF X 5/20-9/15 re X X X X X X X Dakota Department of Game, Fish ek South Boxelder BHNF and Parks. Legion Lake Deer Creek TH Creek TH X X X T H 141 Pilot Knob TH BHNF 5. Rapid X X - Black Hills geology is very 0 Creek Deer Creek TH BHNF Silver City TH X X complex. The Hills were formed by Pactola Pactola Reservoir ? T Rapid City 3 BHNF Reservoir H 0.6 Campgrounds X X X 5/20-9/15 the uplifting of the earth’s crust T 44 X X X X X X X X H Pactola Reservoir BHNF millions of years ago. 5/25-9/05 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^^ ^ # ^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 0 1 2 3 4 ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ SCALE(miles) Visitor Center X X X X Tamarack 159 .3 rock formations, consisting of slate, Gulch TH BHNF 4 Creek Rapid Creek TH X X X X T Rapid schist and , form a central H Brush Tamarack Gulch TH BHNF X core. Harney Peak at 7,242 feet and Creek TH X Brush Creek TH BHNF 8 X X the nearby are part of this . 6 Black 385 Sheridan Lake ek 3 BHNF 5/20-9/15 core. Surrounding the central core Hills Dakota Cre Campgrounds X X X X X X X X X X X National Point TH ing T pr are rings of sedimentary rocks Forest S T H Dakota Point TH BHNF X X consisting of , , Sheridan H Spring Lake T Creek TH H .2 City Spring Creek TH BHNF and in which occur many 1 Rapid X X Flume TH 16 Black Hills rock formations .0 -known , such as Wind 7 Flume TH BHNF 16 Samelius TH X X Cave and Jewel Cave. T BHNF Hill City H Samelius TH X X 7 ft. Under Highway Big Pine TH BHNF X X 16A Big Pine TH .6 T 3 Willow Creek TH BHNF 244 H X X Mt. Rushmore - The Centennial Trail T H Keystone passes within one mile of Mt. Willow 385 MRNM Creek TH Mt. Rushmore National Memorial X X X X X All Year Rushmore National Memorial. Mt. BHNF Rushmore serves as the Shrine of Harney Black Elk Iron Creek Horse CG X X X X X X 5/24-9/04 Peak Wilderness Democracy with sixty-foot likenesses Lakota Iron Creek TH CSP 2 T X X . Creek H Lake TH of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, 9 Iron 16A Legion Lake CG 3 CSP X X 5/01-10/01 Teddy Roosevelt, and Lincoln carved Iron Creek X X X X X X X X X Horse Camp Norbeck T Badger Hole TH CSP into the granite. Wildlife H Iron Creek TH X X Preserve French Creek CSP All Year .3 Natural Area X X X 7 Mt. Rushmore 87 French Creek 3 CSP Bismarck Legion 36 Horse Camp X X X X X X X X X X 5/01-10/01 Lake Lake 16A Custer Highland Creek TH WCNP American (Buffalo) - Buffalo Stockade 16A X X X herds roam Custer State Park and Wind Lake T Badger H Hole TH Norbeck TH WCNP X X Cave National Park. They are exciting 4 . French Creek Wind Cave 2 Natural Area Visitor Center WCNP X X X X X X All Year to watch, but can be dangerous and F CSP ren unpredictable if approached. View from Rd. #4 T ch WCNP H Cre Elk Mountain CG X X X X X X X X X X All Year a safe distance. 385 French Creek TH ek Horse Camp 1 Recreation vehicle camping pads are available. Water, electric, and sewer hookups are not available.

Buffalo shedding its winter coat 87 2 Dates shown indicate period of year when facilities such as the water system are in operation. The .3 Custer 10 State operation season shown is approximate and may vary a week or two on each end of the season. s

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P ? explore the Black Hills FMRA – Ft. Meade Recreation Area (Bureau of Land Management) was Custer’s Expedition BHNF – Black Hills National Forest (U.S. Forest Service) Custer and his officers Hot Springs MRNM – Mount Rushmore National Memorial (National Park Service) in 1874, two years before his death at the Little Big Horn in CSP – Custer State Park (South Dakota Dept. of Game, Fish, & Parks) . The Centennial Trail passes many historical sites. WCNP – Wind Cave National Park ( National Park Service) 2006