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Canyons Trail route map
Difficulty: ModerateLoop
South Dakota

Canyons Trail

Custer, South Dakota

3.5 mi

Distance

591 ft

Elev. Gain

1h 23m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Canyons Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:1,569 ft
Max:1,684 ft
Gain:180 ft
Loss:180 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,569 ft and 1,684 ft across 3.5 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,569 ft1,607 ft1,646 ft1,684 ft0.0 mi0.9 mi1.7 mi2.6 mi3.5 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,655 ft
High point3.0 mi1,684 ft
End3.5 mi1,655 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Custer, SD · about 11 mi away
County:
Custer County, SD

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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