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Trails
This table corresponds with the trails listed on the Bighorn National Forest map. Click here to order a map.
A more detailed description of trails recommended for horseback travel is available.
Key:
Difficulty: E=Easy, M=Moderate, D=Difficult
Use: L=Low, M=Moderate, H=High
Season: (Typical months trails become snow free) E=Early (May-June), M=Mid
(June-July), L=Late (July-August), W=Winter
Footnotes:
(1) Mileage is recorded as one-way except for loop trails.
(2) Trail enters the Cloud Peak Wilderness. Special regulations apply.
(3) Trail used by ATV's (motorized).
(4) Major use by horses (horse use is permitted on all trails).
(5) Camping available at trailhead.
(*) Access requires 4-wheel drive. Use of passenger cars may result in
longer hiking distances.
116) Designates multiple trail routes to complete suggested loop.
RS = Ranger Station; CG = Campground; PA = Picnic Area
| Trail # | Trail Name | Trip Duration | Trail Head Location |
Destination or Access |
Diffi- culty |
Use | Mileage (1) | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 053 | Bucking Mule Falls | 2-4 days | FR 14 or FR 137* | Devil Canyon | M-D | L | 12.0 | L |
| 053 | Bucking Mule Falls (4) | 1 day | End of FR 14 | Bucking Mule Falls | E-M | L | 3.0 | L |
| 004 | Dry Fork Ridge | 1 day or 2-4 days | FR 113* or FR 149* | Dry Fork Canyon | M-D | L | 10.5 | L |
| 076 | Bull Elk Park | 2-4 days | FR145/147* or Trail 004 | Bull Elk Park Natural Area | M-D | L | 9.5 | M |
| 050 | Little Horn (4) | 1 day or 2-4 days | FR 11 or FR 113* | Little Bighorn River Canyon | M-D | L | 18.0 | L |
| 011 | Black Mtn. Lookout | 1 day | FR 16/222* | Black Mtn. Fire Lookout | M | L | 2.0 | E |
| 013 | Sibley Lake Nordic | 1 day | US 14 (Sibley Lake) | Sibley Lake Rec. Area | E-M | M | 1.6 | W |
| 015 | Soldier Creek | 1 day or 2-4 days | End of County Rd 52 or Trail 14 | Walker Prairie | D | L | 5.1 | M |
| 430 | South Tongue | 1 day | End of FR 193* or FR 16 | South Tongue River | E-M | L | 4.5 | M |
| 002 | Tongue River Canyon | 1 day or2-4 days | End of County Rd 133 (Dayton) or FR 166* (Burgess RS) | Tongue River Canyon | E-M | M | 11.5 | E |
| 057 | Shell Creek | 1 day or 2-4 days | FR 17 (Ranger Creek CG) | Adelaide Lake / Shell Reservoir | E-M | M | 5.3 | M |
| 056 | Beef | 1 day | US 14 or FR 264* | Cedar Creek | E-M | L | 10.0 | E |
| 184 | Shell Bench | 1 day | US 14 (Post Creek PA or FR 17 (Ranger Creek CG) | Shell Canyon | M | L | 10.0 | E |
| 025 | Edelman (2) (4) | 2-4 days | FR 17 or Trail 038 (Solitude) | Edelman Pass / Solitude | M | L | 10.7 | L |
| 059 | North High Park | 1 day | FR 17 (Lower Paintrock Lake) | Teepee Pole Flats / Solitude | M | M | 4.0 | L |
| 116 | Kinky White / Paintrock Loop | 2-4days | FR 17 (Lower Paintrock Lake) | Loop with Trails 062, 038, & 059 | D | L | 14.0 | L |
| 116 | Paintrock / Battle Park Loop | 5-7 days | FR 17 (Lower Paintrock Lake) | Loop with Trails 173, 164, 038, & 059 | D | L | 21.6 | L |
| 014 | Walker Prairie | 1 day | FR 26/296* (Big Goose RS) | Big Goose Falls | E | L | 3.0 | M |
| 592 | Coffeen Park (2) | 1 day or 2-4 days | FR 26/293* | Lake Geneva or Edleman Pass via Trails 025 or 038 | E-M | M | 4.0 to 5.0 | L |
| 021 | Coney Lake (2) | 1 day | FR 26 | Coney Lake | E | H | 3.3 | L |
| 033 | Story Penrose (3) | 1 day | End of County Rd 194 | Penrose Park or Trail 038 | M | H | 13.2 | M |
| 014 | Walker Prairie | 1 day | FR 26/296* (Big Goose RS) | Big Goose Falls | E | L | 3.0 | M |
| 592 | Coffeen Park (2) | 1 day or 2-4 days | FR 26/293* | Lake Geneva or Edleman Pass via Trails 025 or 038 | E-M | M | 4.0 to 5.0 | L |
| 021 | Coney Lake (2) | 1 day | FR 26 | Coney Lake | E | H | 3.3 | L |
| 033 | Story Penrose (3) | 1 day | End of County Rd 194 | Penrose Park or Trail 038 | M | H | 13.2 | M |
| 098 | Upper Tensleep / Baby Wagon (2) | 1day | End of FR 419* | Maybelle Lake | M | L | 3.4 | M |
| 173 | Battle Park / Paintrock Loop (2) | 5-7 days | End of FR 24 (Battle Park) | Loop with Trail 116, 059, 038, & 164 | D | L | 21.6 | L |
| 065 | Roy Loudon North (2) | 1day or 2-4 days | End of FR 27 (West Tensleep Lake Trailhead) | Mirror & Lost Twin Lakes | M-D | M | 5.5 | L |
| 065 | Roy Loudon South | 1day | End of FR 27 (West Tensleep Lake Trailhead) | Middle Tensleep Creek Falls | E | M | 2.0 | L |
| 067 | Highline | 1day or 2-4 days | FR 24 (Deer Park CG) | East Tensleep Lake | M | M | 4.0 | L |
| 063 | Misty Moon (2) | 1day or 2-4 days | End of FR 27 (West Tensleep Lake) or Trail 038 | Lake Helen, Marion and Misty Moon | E-M | H | 7.0 | L |
| 409 | Willow Park Nordic | 1day | US 16 (Willow Park Group) | Willow Park Area (Loops) | E-M | M | 27.0 | W |
| 555 | Elgin Park (4) | 1 day | End of FR 372* | Elgin Area/Pines Lodge | E | L | 4.3 | E |
| 088 | Lake Angeline (2) | 2-4 days | End of FR 391* | Lake Angeline | M-D | M | 4.2 | L |
| 024 | Soldier Park (2) (4) | 1 day or 2-4 days | FR 19 (Hunter Corrals) (5) | Solitude Loop Trail | M | H | 5.0 | L |
| 045 | Seven Brothers (2) | 1 day or 2-4 days | FR 19 (Hunter Corrals)/FR 395* (5) | Seven Brothers Lakes | M | H | 5.8 | L |
| 182 | Circle Park (2) | 1 day or 2-4 days | FR 20 (Circle Park) | Sherd Lake, South Fork Ponds. Loop with Trails 046, 095 | E | H | 1.0 to 8.9 | L |
| 038 | Solitude Loop (2) | 5-7 days | Circumnavigates Cloud Peak Wilderness | Cloud Peak Wilderness | M-D | H | 53.1 | L |
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