Black Hills National Forest · South Dakota, Wyoming

Mount Roosevelt

0.5 mi of trail, end to end · Mount Roosevelt Trailhead: 1 mi round trip in the Service's write-up · native material surface · trail No. 48 · trail class 3 · typical grade 10-12% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, bike

Exhibits

Along the way Mount Roosevelt Friendship Tower

Trailhead Mount Roosevelt Trailhead Drive there

Mount Roosevelt Trailhead 1 mi round trip · the Forest Service's write-up

The Mount Roosevelt Trail is approximately 1 mile round trip up a moderately sloped trail from a gravel parking area to the Mount Roosevelt Friendship Tower , located north of Deadwood, South Dakota.

Visit the Mount Roosevelt Kids in Parks - TRACK Trail webpage for a fun and interactive family adventure!

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Every trail in Black Hills National Forest

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.