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South Dakota
DUCK LAKE
0.6 mi
Distance
362 ft
Gain
18 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Black Hills National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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DUCK LAKE
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 362 ft
- Elevation loss
- 362 ft
- Highest point
- 6,620 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,525 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Duck Lake is a short out-and-back trail in South Dakota covering 1.14 miles with 362 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 6,620 feet.
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