About this campground
Access the Shanks Trailhead from Rapid City. Travel Highway 44 west for 5 miles, turn North (right) onto Forest Road 603. Travel 0.5 miles, trailhead will be on left in the bottom of the quarry.
Directions
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- BIKING
- OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE
- HIKING
- HORSEBACK RIDING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Buzzards Roost TrailheadBlack Hills National Forest0 mi
- Schroeder TrailheadBlack Hills National Forest1 mi
- Brush Creek TrailheadBlack Hills National Forest4 mi
- Pactola Visitor CenterBlack Hills National Forest5 mi
- Bogus SystemBlack Hills National Forest6 mi
- Osprey Trailhead (Trail #58)Black Hills National Forest6 mi
Explore more South Dakota camping
Shanks 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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