Mickelson Trail Question
Is there a place on the Mickelson Trail that you can view Mt. Rushmore, or do you need to leave the trail. I see from their website that Crazy Horse can be viewed.
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You need to leave trail by perhaps 10 miles one way . highway 244 just S of Hill City is shortest I dont remember how much of the road has shoulders. There are some great views of Crazy Horse on trail between Custer and Hill City
Basically Crazy Horse is the high point between Custer and Hill City |
Originally Posted by colorado dale
(Post 14675676)
You need to leave trail by perhaps 10 miles one way . highway 244 just S of Hill City is shortest I dont remember how much of the road has shoulders. There are some great views of Crazy Horse on trail between Custer and Hill City
Basically Crazy Horse is the high point between Custer and Hill City |
Originally Posted by colorado dale
(Post 14675676)
You need to leave trail by perhaps 10 miles one way . highway 244 just S of Hill City is shortest I dont remember how much of the road has shoulders. There are some great views of Crazy Horse on trail between Custer and Hill City
Basically Crazy Horse is the high point between Custer and Hill City The views of Crazy Horse are good from the trail. It's a bit of a climb out of Hill City, but not bad at all. |
We took the hiway 244 from Oreville campground, about 10 miles, hilly and good shoulders, then rode into Keystone and came back on the old Hill City road, made a 30 plus mile loop. The old Hill city road is narrow, but very little traffic and scenic, hills aren't bad either. You can access Oreville from the Mickleson.
R&J |
Originally Posted by gracehowler
(Post 14752658)
We took the hiway 244 from Oreville campground, about 10 miles, hilly and good shoulders, then rode into Keystone and came back on the old Hill City road, made a 30 plus mile loop. The old Hill city road is narrow, but very little traffic and scenic, hills aren't bad either. You can access Oreville from the Mickleson.
R&J I stopped at the Oreville rest stop on the Mickelson the day I rode up to Crazy Horse. |
Yes, Old Hill City Rd. & the train run very close to each other. By the way, the NPS is (or was, I don't know the exact status) studying the feasibility of a trail link between the Mickelson & Mt. Rushmore.
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Originally Posted by metabike
(Post 15052393)
By the way, the NPS is (or was, I don't know the exact status) studying the feasibility of a trail link between the Mickelson & Mt. Rushmore.
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