4,259 ft
Distance
3 ft
Climb
-2 ft
Descent
1,089 ft
High Point

The Backway Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
    • Snowshoe
    • Nordic Ski
  • Riding Area
    Hartford Beach State Park
    Hartford Beach, South Dakota
  • Difficulty Rating
    Green rate
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat, CX, Gravel
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Family Friendly
    Yes
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Local Popularity
    5 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
    • 5 in Snowshoeing
    • 5 in Skiing
  • Land Owner
    South Dakota state parks

This trail is a wide track made from mowing the grass and threading between some trees behind on of the campgrounds. It has some open areas in meadow like terrain and some cool shade tree areas between the tree rows. This trail is going to run near a proposed archery course in the future. Snow shoes, Nordic skis and Fatbikes are allowed in the winter but there is no grooming.

Access Info

This is located inside the Hartford Beach State Park. The day use fee is $8.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for The Backway multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    1 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,083 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,086 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,089 ft
  • Grade max
    -1.2%
  • Grade min
    1.6%
  • Distance climb
    1,020 ft
  • Distance down
    928 ft
  • Distance flat
    2,310 ft
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