USFS National Forest System Trails · Black Hills National Forest · South Dakota · Updated June 2026
Beaver Creek Sunshine (USFS trail 111E) is a 2.2 mi trail in Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed, Apr–Nov, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Beaver Creek Sunshine?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | Apr–Nov |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | — |
Zooming out: across Black Hills National Forest, 34% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of C.
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About this trail
Beaver Creek Sunshine (USFS trail 111E) runs 2.2 mi through Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Black Hills National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. The tread is mapped as native material. Based on slope, this is a Easy trail (grade band 5-8%); that reflects gentle gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Bike use is designated as allowed, typically Apr–Nov. No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on this trail in the USFS data, so treat it as a non-motorized route unless a posted order says otherwise. The route is mapped as USFS Trail Class 3 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. For day-of certainty on closures or seasonal orders, check directly with the ranger district, since this reflects the USFS data as of the latest refresh.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Beaver Creek Sunshine?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Beaver Creek Sunshine in Black Hills National Forest, typically Apr–Nov, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Beaver Creek Sunshine?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Beaver Creek Sunshine in the USFS data.
- How long is Beaver Creek Sunshine?
- Beaver Creek Sunshine measures about 2.2 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Beaver Creek Sunshine?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Beaver Creek Sunshine as native material.
- How difficult is Beaver Creek Sunshine?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band 5-8%), derived from USFS slope data. This reflects steepness, not technical mountain-bike difficulty.
How we read this data
Grade-based difficulty above is the USFS grade (route steepness), not a technical mountain-bike rating — a gentle-grade trail can still be rocky or technical, and vice versa. Bike and e-bike status come verbatim from the USFS managed-use fields for this trail; we never infer access we can't cite. See our methodology for how the dataset is built and what each field means.
Where it is
Approximate location of Black Hills National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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