{"id":1274,"date":"2024-02-24T04:45:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T04:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=1274"},"modified":"2025-02-08T07:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T14:43:23","slug":"little-elk-creek-trail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=1274","title":{"rendered":"LITTLE ELK CREEK TRAIL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" src=\"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LITTLE-ELK-CREEK-TRAIL-1024x714.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1275\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LITTLE-ELK-CREEK-TRAIL-1024x714.png 1024w, http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LITTLE-ELK-CREEK-TRAIL-300x209.png 300w, http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LITTLE-ELK-CREEK-TRAIL-768x536.png 768w, http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/LITTLE-ELK-CREEK-TRAIL.png 1118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A nice trail hidden in the history of the Blackhills. Once a road but washed out during the 1972 flood, now an easy, level trail that skirts Little Elk Creek. A mile walk from the Eastern trailhead gets you to White Gate Rock. A little further to Red Gate Rock. Three plus miles walking will take you to Dalton Lake. Or make Dalton Lake your starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are driving out of Piedmont, Dalton Lake or in the Beaver Park area, and want a half day hiking activity this could be it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Decimal Degrees:<\/strong>&nbsp;44.2464057,-103.4282434<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dalton Lake Access to Trail 44.2365231, -103.4664018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nice trail hidden in the history of the Blackhills. Once a road but washed out during the 1972 flood, now an easy, level trail that skirts Little Elk Creek. A mile walk from the Eastern trailhead gets you to White Gate Rock. A little further to Red Gate Rock. Three plus miles walking will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1274","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1274"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4118,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1274\/revisions\/4118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}