About this campground
From Rapid City, travel west on Highway 44 for about 15 miles. Turn north (right) onto Highway 385 and travel for 1.4 miles, then turn west (left) onto Silver City Road. Travel .25 miles, trailhead is on right. This trailhead offers access to the Centennial Trail as well as the eastern end of the Deerfield Trail (#40). This is the northernmost Trailhead on the Centennial Trail in the Central Hills (Mystic District).
Activities
- BIKING
- HIKING
- HORSEBACK RIDING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Deer Creek TrailheadBlack Hills National Forest0 mi
- Merritt SystemBlack Hills National Forest1 mi
- Silver City TrailheadBlack Hills National Forest2 mi
- Bogus SystemBlack Hills National Forest3 mi
- Osprey Trailhead (Trail #58)Black Hills National Forest3 mi
- Pactola South Boat LaunchBlack Hills National Forest3 mi
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Deer Creek Trailhead doesn't take campsite reservations — but plenty of nearby South Dakota campgrounds do, and we'll alert you the moment a sold-out site opens up.
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