도스 카운티 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

The campground has six sites with fire pits, picnic tables, and restrooms, but no drinking water. There are three main trails you can walk from here, including a 3 mile hike to the Hudson-Meng Education and Research Center. The Toadstool Trail has informational kiosks, and you can download a brochure from the forest service website. You may have to pay a $3 entry fee for day use.

As you follow the trail along the river bed between the Toadstool Trail and Orella Road (Forest Road 918), the path may become muddy and the trail signposts will disappear. Keep going! The trail is well worth it and provides a great deal of variety from the other trails in the grassland.

As you follow Orella Road (Forest Road 918) to connect the Bison Trail and trail along the river bed, at the point where you will summit the road you will find 360 degree views of the grasslands and buttes.

At the campground you will find six sites, three for RVs or horses and three with picnic tables and fire rings. There is a pump with drinking water and restrooms. This is a great place from which to start the Soldier Creek trails.

Soldier Creek Wilderness was once a timber reservation and grazing pasture for Fort Robinson. It became a nationally protected wilderness in 1986. There are two main loop trails — the southern Trooper Trail, which is 10.5 miles, and the northern Boots and Saddle trail of around 7 miles.

The main trail through the Soldier Creek Trail is an easy singletrack through rolling hills and creek valleys. There are a few trees dotting the landscape, but most of the landscape is natural grasses. There are helpful posts that mark the trail.

From the campground trailhead you can hike up the the Blackhills Overlook, Outrider Trailhead off the highway to the north, or south into Chadron State Park.

From the overlook you can see Pine Ridge, Chadron State Park, and the Black Hills. You can also see the effects of the 1973 Dead Horse Fire and a more recent fore from 2012. Part of the region was replanted in 2018.