Bighorn National Forest · Wyoming

Battle Park

4.0 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 173 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 44.3070, -107.3131 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Battle Park TH the Forest Service's write-up

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Battle Park Trailhead is popular with horse users. A camping area with facilities is located across the road.

This trailhead provides access to Battle Park #173 and nearby access to Cloud Peak Wilderness via Long Park #164 and Middle Paintrock #066 .

This trailhead also provides access to Lily Lake Cut-off Trail - #120 (Non-wilderness trail) which begins at Long Park Trail #164 and heads southeast to Lily Lake where it connects to Middle Paintrock Trail #066, outside of the Cloud Peak Wilderness boundary.

Restrictions 14 day stay limit, camping is only allowed across the road from the trailhead parking area, Pack It In, Pack It Out,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/bighorn/specialplaces/?cid=stelprdb5162301">Wilderness Regulations apply</a>&nbsp;within Cloud Peak Wilderness. <ul><li><strong>Alert: </strong>Areas accessed from this trailhead fall within a special regulation area where visitors are required to pack out all human waste and dispose of it in an approved waste disposal facility.&nbsp; For more information, look for the <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/bighorn/?cid=STELPRDB5151832">Cloud Peak Wilderness Special Order</a>.</li></ul>

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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.