Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Keystone, South Dakota

FS650 makes a tight little lollipop-shaped loop just off the Raga area that's easy to overlook--but it's worth the turn. The road is mostly solid dirt with a few rock shelves, mellow enough for most…
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This is a well-maintained gravel route leading into one of the Black Hills' most popular recreation zones. Lined with towering pines and lake views, the road features numerous dispersed and designated camping spots, many with…
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This trail is fun during all seasons of the year but is best enjoyed during the spring through fall months. During the winter months this rocky, and narrow trail can quickly become challenging to those…
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FS 366.3 is a main forest road that comes straight off the highway and sees heavy use, especially on weekends and during hunting season. The surface is well-packed dirt and gravel, wide enough for two…
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Boulder Hill Road is a smooth and scenic gravel route winding through pine-covered hills with easy terrain and steady grades. The road offers abundant camping opportunities, including a spacious meadow capable of holding 10+ rigs--ideal…
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This is a scenic trail meandering through ponderosa pine and quaking aspen trees. From the Rockerville Road entrance of this trail, is it a maintained gravel road that slowly gets narrower, but stays very easy…
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Johnson Gulch is a Two track Forest Service road along a popular two track trail outside of Rapid City. This trail is scenic, and a nice jaunt if you'd like to stay close to town.…
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It is an easy gravel road with good views, making for a beautiful shortcut to nearby trailheads. Many other activities off of this route include camping sites in the Black Hills National Forest along with…
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Branch 1A of the Twin Springs Cutoff is a short but scenic spur that leads to the back side of the Granite Ridge Lodge. It's an easy drive, just a bit rocky in spots, and…
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Turkey Ridge--716 is an unmaintained trail with several areas where water can stand and form large mud holes. The terrain is somewhat scenic as it goes through wooded areas, and the trail is unmaintained and…
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This trail will run from Foster's Gulch to South Rockerville Road. Along this long run across a high ridge of the Black Hills National Forest, you will have some good scenery and will likely run…
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Victoria 10 is a longer single track, 4.4 miles, through the Black Hills, that is of easy difficulty although it has some easy rock features. It's a long windy trail that would be great for…
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This is a beautiful trail that is easy and scenic. You can expect to drive on gravel, dirt, and some small rocks. Twin Sisters is located at the top with some cool views. This area…
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Victoria 09 is a short and easy single track through the Victoria Trail System. It's mostly a wide path, full of small loose rocks, that goes through grassy meadows under widely separated pine trees in…
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Victoria 162 is a road that lands you onto Victoria 159 (commonly the main road through the Victoria trail system) or a way to access other roads/trails. Not only is this an incredibly scenic drive,…
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Victoria 12 is an easy dirt bike trail, but it has become faint in spots and will require some route finding in order to ride the entire trail. The south end starts in a grassy…
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Victoria 06 meanders through a sparse pine tree forest, through really wide open meadows and dispersed trees, for 1 mile starting and ending on Forest Service road 6715. It crosses some chunky outcroppings of rock…
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Victoria 159 is a standard 'off-pavement' route that crosses between Sheridan Lake Rd and Highway 385 just south of Pactola Reservoir. This road is also the main road that offers access to many other full-size,…
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This high-clearance trail leads to the historic Victoria Lake Dam recreation area. Although rated a 2/10, clearance is recommended due to embedded rocks along the route. The trail ends at a turnaround with a 62-inch…
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China Gulch takes you on a range of road types, from a two-vehicle wide gravel road near Hill City to a single vehicle road that travels adjacent to rock walls. The road at the north…
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Mount Coolidge Road winds its way up the fire lookout mountain just off Highway 87, offering easy access to one of the best panoramic views in the central Black Hills. The road is gravel, maintained,…
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This trail is nestled right below the Pactola Reservoir Dam. It's an easy trail to run with some cool sights to see. You will pass a homestead and some cabins, so remember to drive slowly…
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From Bear Mountain Lookout to Pactola Reservoir, this gravel road will show you the best the Black Hills National Forest offers. Take your time along the expansive alpine meadows & while driving along Lightening Creek,…
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This is a scenic trail winding through ponderosa pines and quaking aspens. There are gates to get through, so be sure to close them behind you. This trail skirts the edges of Custer State Park.
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Cowboy Gulch is a short, sweet stretch of gravel that rolls gently through classic pine country. It's fairly chill -- wide enough for comfort, well-packed, and rarely rutted. Not much in the way of challenge,…
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This an easier very scenic trail that takes you from Nemo Road over to Highway 44. Some smaller rock-rutted uneven road that can be messy in the rain. One major obstacle that has a steep…
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Champaign Hill Road is one of those mellow ridge cruisers that feels like it was made for a slow roll with the windows down. It winds up and over the broad spine of Champaign Hill,…
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You will be traveling on Trail #530 which runs from China Gulch Road (Trail #249) and Mystic Road. You can access the dam from either side since all of the trails here are two-way. Coming…
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You will access the mine site from Forest Service Road 389, also known as Burnt Fork Road, off of Deerfield Road. Continue up this gravel road for 1.8 miles, where you will park and hike…
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Battle Axe Branch 1B is one of those sleeper trails that ends up being way more fun than it looks on the map. It's an out-and-back with just enough rock, ruts, and tight tree squeezes…
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