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The Centennial Trail
Copyright 2004 Travis N. Wood

See our new section in progress: The Centennial Trail in Ten Days or refer to the graph of days below.

Trail Name:
Length:
Low Elevation:
High Elevation:
Change:
Difficulty:
Uses:

Centennial #89
111 miles
3200 feet
5600 feet�
2400 feet
Easy to Difficult
hikers, bikers, horses, skiers.

Links for more information and maps:
Park Service

Summary of Trail Segments:
Climb is the change in elevation measured in feet.

TRAIL SEGMENTS BETWEEN TRAILHEADS	MILES ONE WAY	CLIMB GOING SOUTH	CLIMB GOING NORTH	CLIMB ROUND TRIP	LOCATION
Bear Butte to Bear Butte Lake Bear Butte Lake to Fort Meade Fort Meade to Alkali Creek Alkali Creek to Elk Creek Elk Creek to Dalton Lake Dalton Lake to S. Boxelder Creek. S. Boxelder Creek. to Pilot Knob Pilot Knob to Deer Creek Deer Creek to Rapid Creek Rapid Creek to Tamarack Gulch Tamarack Gulch to Brush Creek Brush Creek to Dakota Point Dakota Point to Flume Flume to Samelius Samelius to Big Pine Big Pine to Iron Creek Iron Creek to Badger Hole Badger Hole to French Creek French Creek to Highland Creek Highland Creek to Norbeck Lake	4 4.5 4 11.3 10.9 8.2 6 3.2 4.6 0.5 4.5 5 1.7 5 3 8.3 7.3 4.2 10.3 6.2	0 313 329 1688 1021 872 1080 246 0 0 840 920 0 1260 400 1710 700 700 1320 700	1259 159 90 653 1188 600 746 120 820 0 380 920 200 820 360 1710 800 1000 1660 700	1259 472 419 2341 2209 1472 1826 366 820 0 1220 1840 200 2080 760 3420 1500 1700 2980 1400	Bear Butte S.P. Ft. Meade Ft. Meade Northern Northern Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Black Elk Custer S.P. Custer S.P. Custer S.P. Wind Cave

Following are links to National Forest maps, topographic maps, and aerial photos for the entire length of the Centennial Trail.

Map links below are numbered by days from SOUTH to NORTH, beginning at Wind Cave National Park and progressing toward Bear Butte. They link to pages for a 10-day backpacking trip of the entire length of the Centennial Trail.

"Virtual Elevation" indicates the accumulated climb between trailheads. For instance, if
there are four hills to climb between trailheads, the amount of elevation change in each direction is totaled so that the amount of climbing can be treated as if there were only one hill between the same trailheads. The elevation of this simplified hill is provided as the "virtual elevation" between trailheads.

CLICK LINK BELOW:	FOR THIS AREA:
Day Ten Day Nine Day Eight Day Seven Day Six Day Five Day Four Day Three Day Two Day One