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The South Dakota Centennial Trail, also called the Black Hills Centennial Trail, is a long-distance trail in the Black Hills region of South Dakota.It runs 123 miles (198 km) [note 1] south to north from Wind Cave National Park to Bear Butte State Park.
The trail is maintained by the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks. The first segment of the trail was opened in 1991, and the entire route was completed in 1998, and is the first rails to trails project in South Dakota. The trail is named after George S. Mickelson, the South Dakota governor who helped spearhead the project.
The South Dakota Centennial Trail is a hiking and mountain biking trail which opened in 1989 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of South Dakota becoming a state. It traverses 123 miles through Wind Cave National Park, Custer State Park, the Black Hills National Forest, Fort Meade Recreation Area, and Bear Butte State Park.
The center is named for South Dakota Governor and Senator Peter Norbeck. Many of the park's naturalist programs begin at the center. Badger Hole, also known as Badger Clark Historical Site, was the home of Charles Badger Clark (1883–1957), who was named South Dakota's first Poet Laureate in 1937 [8] and was noted for his cowboy poetry. The ...
Black Elk Peak, which at 7,242 feet (2,207 m) is the tallest mountain in South Dakota, is located in the wilderness, and one can see into four different states from the summit. The wilderness also contains about 8 miles of the South Dakota Centennial Trail.
George S. Mickelson Trail: Trail Lawrence, Pennington, Custer, Fall River: 1998 A 109-mile long mixed-use trail running from Bear Butte to Edgemont along the historic Burlington Northern rail line through the Black Hills. [17] Good Earth State Park at Blood Run: State park Lincoln: 650 260
Fort Meade was designated a National Historic District on May 22, 1973, the first location in Meade County, South Dakota, to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, it functions as a public museum. Part of the South Dakota Centennial Trail runs through the Fort Meade Recreation Area.
In 2010, South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson introduced the Tony Dean Cheyenne River Valley Conservation Act of 2010, a bill that would designate over 48,000 acres (19,000 ha) of the National Grassland as protected wilderness. The act would allow the continuation of grazing and hunting on the land and would create the first national grassland ...