*DO NOT USE THESE MAPS AS YOUR “OFFICIAL” TRAVEL MAP USE AVENZA MAP.
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(map showing approximate area of the ride, in the Black Hills)
This area has numerous Forest Service roads that make great atv trails in a beautiful area of the Black Hills. Things to watch for include Crooks Tower, Whitetail Peak, or even a well hidden, Cave Draw.
Trail 233.1B is little used but has history dating back to the Custer Expedition. Trail 419 takes you over the top of the Black Fox area. Trail 129 lets you explore the area South of Flag Mountain.
Black Fox Ghost town is now a location for summer homes and a National Forest Campground. An old fireplace stands where once a building stood.
RALLY with us at the STURGIS OFFROAD RALLY.
A favorite destination for this area is Black Fox Waterfall. This is a 20 foot waterfall on the South Fork Rapid Creek. Its closeness to the trail makes it a great place to stop for lunch.
MYSTIC HILLS HIDEAWAY RESORT OFFERS A GREAT STAY, AND ABILITY TO RIDE DIRECTLY TO THE TRAILS.
For those who are adventurous there is Cave Draw. A cave found deep off the trail in the White Tail Peak area.
AFTER A GREAT DAY OF RIDING, RELAX AT THE WHITETAIL CREEK RESORT CREEK-SIDE PAVILLION.
Actually a tower in name only. Crooks Tower is a high point in the Black Hills but never had a fire tower. When it was first inventoried, by General Crooks in 1875, the peak was thought to be the high point of the Black Hills.
Crooks Lake is not much of a lake because it is dry most of the year.
It’s probably the two creeks that meet at Black Fox that makes the area so inviting. Rhoads Fork Creek flows from the South and South Fork Rapid Creek flows from the West.
Construction on the Flag Mountain Fire Tower was completed in 1940, by the Roubaix CCC camp. Abandoned in 1951, all that remains is the lower part of the rock wall of the base and the old outhouse.
Photographer of Gen. Custer’s Black Hills Expedition of 1874, William Illingworth took the famous picture from the String of Peals site. You can ride up to that same site and observe the valley that Custer’s 1,000 wagon train traveled.
There are no width restricted trails on the Black Fox Ride.
Connecting rides include: Crooks Tower Ride, Antelope Springs Ride, Stageyard Ride, Ditch Creek Ride, Four Corners Ride and the Summit Ridge Ride.
FOR ALL YOUR UTV RENTAL NEEDS, VISIT DEADWOOD OUTDOOR RENTALS.
Parking for the Black Fox Ride is found on the South side of Rochford Road just West of Rochford(see details below).
*Website is for information purposes only – ride or drive at your own risk.
Places to Visit:
BLACK FOX NATIONAL FOREST CAMPGROUND
CASTLE PEAK NATIONAL FOREST CAMPGROUND
*ride at your own risk
Other Places to Visit:
MYSTIC HILLS HIDEAWAY RESORT
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Trailheads:
Rochford/ROCHFORD/MYSTIC TRAILHEAD
CROOKS TOWER/BLACK FOX TRAILHEAD
Connecting Favorite Rides:
Extended Ride:
Parking: 44.1209,-103.7269
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The Black Hills have great ATV trails and Forest Service roads. I have traveled most of them. Our forest service roads are either road-like or trail-like. On my Favorite Rides pages, I have highlighted the many TRAIL-LIKE Forest Service Roads.
I put this website together to help others enjoy their ATV visit to South Dakota. When I ATV out of my state, I realize how difficult it is to plan a three day ride without good information. I hope my website will be good information for you.
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