Centennial Trail is the perfect way to experience the Black Hills for an hour, a day or a week. Known as Trail No. 89, the trail is a lasting legacy of South Dakota's 1989 centennial year of statehood. Its 111-mile length explores the diversity of South Dakota. This is the longest trail in the Black Hills, with more than two dozen access points at intervals of 3 to 10 miles.You'll experience old growth forests, sunny meadows dotted with wildflowers, towering granite crags and remote canyons. With luck you'll see turkeys, deer, elk, mountain goats, bighorn sheep and bison.

The Centennial Trail crosses the prairie grasslands near Bear Butte State Park and climbs into the Black Hills high country, skirting lakes and streams until it reaches Wind Cave National Park near Hot Springs.

From Sturgis, start out by going North on I-90. Then turn right on SD-34 and continue until you reach Bear Butte. The Centennial Trail begins in the north at the top of Bear Butte.

On this 111-mile trail you will experience old growth forests, sunny meadows, wildflowers, and remote canyons.