Dakota Prairie Grasslands · North Dakota
Blacktail
6.9 mi of trail, end to end · imported compacted material surface · trail No. 6001 · trail class 4 · typical grade 5-8% · tread 24-36 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike
Picnic areas
Along the way Blacktail Picnic Area
Begins at the forest's mile 0, 45.7196, -102.1587 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins
Blacktail Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
Located at the head of the Blacktail Trail , this picnic area features covered shelters with fire rings and a stocked fishing pond with dock.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
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About this trail's facts
The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.