How many miles of mountain bike trail are in Dakota Prairie Grasslands?

Dakota Prairie Grasslands has about 250 mi of bike-designated trail across 27 segments, out of 251 mi of total National Forest System trail.

What is the riding season in Dakota Prairie Grasslands?

Most bike-designated trails in Dakota Prairie Grasslands carry a Year-round season in USFS data; higher-elevation trails clear later.

Are e-bikes allowed in Dakota Prairie Grasslands?

Only where designated. Class 1 e-bikes are recorded on 0 segments. See the e-bike rules page for the class-by-class breakdown.

Updated October 2026

Dakota Prairie Grasslands Mountain Bike Trails

Mountain bike

250mi

designated on 27 segments

99% of mapped trail

E-bike

0miClass 1

No e-bike designation recorded

0% of mapped trail

Mountain bike

250mi

designated on 27 segments

99% of mapped trail

Season on record: Year-round
Bike Access Grade: B100% of rideable miles open to bikes. How we grade

E-bike

0miClass 1

No e-bike designation recorded

Class 10 mi
Class 20 mi
Class 30 mi

Treated as a motor vehicle: ridden only where designated.

Ridable trails: 16
Mapped trail: 251 mi on 80 segments

Both lanes share one scale: the 251 mi of National Forest System trail mapped in Dakota Prairie Grasslands, North Dakota. From USFS National Forest System Trails records, updated October 2026.

Dakota Prairie Grasslands earns a Bike Access Grade of B: 100% of its rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes (no Class-1 e-bike designation on record). Good — a solid majority of rideable miles welcome bikes.

Dakota Prairie Grasslands carries 251 mi of mapped National Forest System trail, of which 250 mi across 27 segments is designated for mountain bikes, typically open Year-round. Class 1 e-bikes are designated on 0 segments (0 mi).

Reviewed by CanIBikeHere Editorial Team · Updated Oct 15, 2026

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Of the 251 mi of mapped trail in Dakota Prairie Grasslands, 99% — 250 mi across 27 bike-designated segments — is open to mountain bikes in USFS travel-management data.

Tread is overwhelmingly compacted aggregate: USFS lists imported compacted material on 58 of 80 surfaced segments (73%).

On the USFS difficulty rating, easy is the most common designation here — 67 of 67 rated segments (100%) — across all uses, not bikes alone.

USFS records a year-round bike season for this forest, though high-elevation trails clear later in practice.

The longest single named bike segment in the data is Maah Daah Hey at 144.98 mi on compacted aggregate, rated easy by USFS and open Year-round.

No Class 1 e-bike designations are recorded here, and no segments carry an ADA-accessibility flag in the same dataset.

Trail surface

Imported Compacted Material58
Native Material21
Ac- Asphalt1

USFS trail class (1 = primitive · 5 = developed)

Class 379
Class 41

99% of this forest's mapped trail is bike-designated. Note: USFS records trail grade (steepness), not technical MTB difficulty — we surface grade where present but do not infer a black/blue/green rating from it.

Largest bike-designated trails

Trail	Miles	Surface	Trail class	Bike season
Maah Daah HeyImported Compacted MaterialYear-round	144.98	Imported Compacted Material	—	Year-round
North Country National ScenicImported Compacted MaterialYear-round	31.04	Imported Compacted Material	—	Year-round
Buffalo GapNative MaterialYear-round	18.99	Native Material	—	Year-round
WolfNative MaterialYear-round	8.81	Native Material	—	Year-round
Hankinson HillsImported Compacted MaterialYear-round	7.95	Imported Compacted Material	—	Year-round
CottonwoodNative MaterialYear-round	6.98	Native Material	—	Year-round
BlacktailImported Compacted MaterialYear-round	6.91	Imported Compacted Material	—	Year-round
Long XNative MaterialYear-round	5.84	Native Material	—	Year-round
DenbighImported Compacted MaterialYear-round	3.21	Imported Compacted Material	—	Year-round
Birnt Hills LoopNative MaterialYear-round	3.04	Native Material	—	Year-round
BennettNative MaterialYear-round	3.01	Native Material	—	Year-round
Oak LeafImported Compacted MaterialYear-round	2.28	Imported Compacted Material	—	Year-round
Ice CavesNative MaterialYear-round	1.49	Native Material	—	Year-round
Buffalo Gap LoopNative MaterialYear-round	1.34	Native Material	—	Year-round
Buffalo Gap SpurNative MaterialYear-round	1.27	Native Material	—	Year-round
Coal CreekImported Compacted MaterialYear-round	0.68	Imported Compacted Material	—	Year-round

Every trail in Dakota Prairie Grasslands

All 16 ridable trails in this forest — every trail where USFS data designates mountain-bike or Class 1 e-bike use, grouped by grade-based steepness. Grade reflects slope, not technical difficulty. Each trail links to its full data profile.

Easy grade (13)

Gentle grade band (shallow average slope).

Maah Daah Hey145 mi
Imported Compacted Material, class 3bike
North Country National Scenic31 mi
Imported Compacted Material, class 3bike
Buffalo Gap19 mi
Native Material, class 3bike
Hankinson Hills8 mi
Imported Compacted Material, class 3bike
Cottonwood7 mi
Native Material, class 3bike
Blacktail6.9 mi
Imported Compacted Material, class 4bike
Long X5.8 mi
Native Material, class 3bike
Birnt Hills Loop3 mi
Native Material, class 3bike
Bennett3 mi
Native Material, class 3bike
Oak Leaf2.3 mi
Imported Compacted Material, class 3bike
Ice Caves1.5 mi
Native Material, class 3bike
Buffalo Gap Loop1.3 mi
Native Material, class 3bike
Buffalo Gap Spur1.3 mi
Native Material, class 3bike

Grade not recorded (3)

No grade band recorded in the USFS data.

Wolf8.8 mi
Native Material, class 3bike
Denbigh3.2 mi
Imported Compacted Material, class 3bike
Coal Creek0.7 mi
Imported Compacted Material, class 3bike

CSV

Dakota Prairie Grasslands bike-legal trail list (CSV)

Download all 16 bike- and Class 1 e-bike-designated trails in Dakota Prairie Grasslands — name, miles, surface, grade, season, and e-bike class per trail, straight from USFS data.

E-bikes in Dakota Prairie Grasslands

Class 1 on 0 segments · Class 2 on 0 · Class 3 on 0. See full e-bike rules for Dakota Prairie Grasslands →

Where it is

Approximate center of Dakota Prairie Grasslands. USFS trail geometry isn't mapped here — use the ranger district for trailheads.

Frequently asked questions

What is the bike access grade for Dakota Prairie Grasslands?: Dakota Prairie Grasslands earns a Bike Access Grade of B: 100% of its rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes (no Class-1 e-bike designation on record). Good — a solid majority of rideable miles welcome bikes.
How many miles of mountain bike trail are in Dakota Prairie Grasslands?: Dakota Prairie Grasslands has about 250 mi of bike-designated trail across 27 segments, out of 251 mi of total National Forest System trail.
What is the riding season in Dakota Prairie Grasslands?: Most bike-designated trails in Dakota Prairie Grasslands carry a Year-round season in USFS data; higher-elevation trails clear later.
Are e-bikes allowed in Dakota Prairie Grasslands?: Only where designated. Class 1 e-bikes are recorded on 0 segments. See the e-bike rules page for the class-by-class breakdown.

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