Black Hills Rides/Routes

I get quite a few requests for routes in the Black Hills. I decided to post my standby favorites that I usually take folks on here.

Sent 13 December 2018 - 06:54 PM

Check out post #1 and specifically Yamafitters routes.

https://www.fjrforum....ne-1-july-2018/

Ride #1 My favorite ride in the hills is Spearfish South down through Spearfish Canyon, left on Highway 85 through Lead and Deadwood, Easy through Boulder Canyon to Sturgis, South out of Sturgis on Vanocker Canyon Road to Nemo, South out of Nemo to Johnson Siding, West out of Johnson Siding to Hill City, South out of Hill City to Keystone via the Old Hill City Rd, Up the hill to Mount Rushmore from Keystone,after My Rushmore back toward Keystone and then South on the Iron Mountain Rd. West towards Custer,North on the Needles Highway, West to 385/Hill City, left on 385, take picture of Crazy Horse, late lunch at Black Hills Burgers in Custer, West on U.S. 16 to Newcastle, North on U.S. 85, to Cheyenne Crossing, Left on U.S. 14A back through Spearfish Canyon to Spearfish. About 250 miles, will take most of the day with a few stops.

Ride #2

Just as good, but totally different.

Spearfish North on U.S. 85 to Belle Fourche, West on U.S. 212 to Alzada MT. At Alzada go to the west edge of town, check out the Stoneville Saloon, the woman that owns it is (was)tattooed like a Tiger, now looks like a Charpei. Buy one of your deserving friends a can of Sheep's Assholes for sale there. Head back into Alzada, about 1/4 mile take the only paved road South (right) to Hulett, WY. During Rally Week there will be over 100,000 people in Hukett on No Panty Wednesday. At Hulett turn right, go to Devils Tower. After walking around Devils Tower head South to Sundance, at Sundance head South on WY 585. Turn left on U.S. 85 (you ride this yesterday but it is worth another ride), Head for Deadwood, make a deposit at one of the Casinos, Follow 85 back to Spearfish.

Enjoy!

John

Thanks to you and your events We have done pretty much all of those. When we were at the tavern the tattoo queen was watching black and white reruns of Perry Mason. She wasn't happy to be interrupted by customers.

Well I don' t know when I'll get down there to ride black top again but I'm pretty sure I'll be back down there from June 13th - 16th riding dirt with the Dakota Dual Sport Riders. The spring rally will be held at the Fish N Fry Campground again this year just South of Deadwood on 385. For those that have wanted to ride dual sport in the Black Hills, here's a great chance to let the locals show you all the best back roads, trails, and single track. There is plenty of riding opportunities for all skill levels.

The Black HIlls National Forest features off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Visitors to the Forest over 3,600 miles of roads and trails designated open for motorized travel.

OHV Riding Opportunities - OHV travel is allowed only on designated trails and roads. Over 650 miles of designated motorized trails are available within the Forest. Many of the trails are connected by 500 miles of “Roads Open to All Vehicles,” which together, provide abundant opportunities for planning OHV outings of various degrees of difficulty and lengths, including loop route options. There are currently 21 designated motorized trailheads on the Forest.

If your interested, follow along with the planning on dakotadualsportriders.com sping rally thread is at https://www.dakotadualsportriders.com/sm ... board=52.0

Thanks John. I did a bunch of this when I was there last summer. I really enjoyed them.

John