Theodore Roosevelt National Park · North Dakota

Painted Canyon Loop Trail

0.8 mi of trail, end to end · about 200 ft of climbing · 2,523 ft–2,775 ft

Exhibits

2,775 ft 2,524 ft · 0.4 mi high 2,775 ft

Along the way Wayside Exhibit - "Dude on the Frontier" Wayside Exhibit - "Invador on the Badlands" Wayside Exhibit - "Invasion Confronted"

Trailhead Painted Canyon Nature Trail Trailhead 2,786 ft Drive there

On the parks map

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" 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 park's own site before you go.