{"id":3181,"date":"2024-03-02T14:42:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T14:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=3181"},"modified":"2024-05-21T08:07:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T14:07:55","slug":"elk-mountain-drive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=3181","title":{"rendered":"ELK MOUNTAIN DRIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

*DO NOT USE THESE MAPS AS YOUR \u201cOFFICIAL\u201d TRAVEL MAP use AVENZA MAP<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*with off-road tires<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are no trails in the Black Hills like the trail-like forest service roads of the My Favorite Ride, Elk Mountain Ride. It is framed by the results of a 2001, 21,000 acre forest fire that took most of the trees. But the trails are still there. And still there, is the wide open scenery!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will probably ride in low most of the day, because the trails are just that technical. And, its 5662 feet to the base of the Elk Mountain Fire Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dewey Ghost Town is found in this location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch for Buffalo Jump, Historic Mining Equipment, Historic County School, and Old Cabin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Places to Visit:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUFFALO JUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>DEWEY GHOST TOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>ELK MOUNTAIN FIRE TOWER<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HISTORIC COUNTRY SCHOOL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HISTORIC MINING EQUIPMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OLD CABIN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TEEPEE CANYON OVERLOOK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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COMANCHE PARK NATIONAL FOREST CAMPGROUND<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PARKING:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decimal Degrees:<\/strong> 43.6909,-104.0474<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trailhead:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RICHARDSON TRAILHEAD<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connecting Drives:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JASPER DRIVE<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JEWEL DRIVE<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HAZELRODT DRIVE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RICHARDSON DRIVE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*DO NOT USE THESE MAPS AS YOUR \u201cOFFICIAL\u201d TRAVEL MAP use AVENZA MAP *with off-road tires There are no trails in the Black Hills like the trail-like forest service roads of the My Favorite Ride, Elk Mountain Ride. It is framed by the results of a 2001, 21,000 acre forest fire that took most of the […]<\/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":{"0":"post-3181","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3181","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=3181"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4011,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3181\/revisions\/4011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}