Caprock Coulee Trail — Attraction in North Dakota

The southern half of this trail is probably the best hiking trail in all of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, South and North unit. You can make a loop of it, or do it as in/out. It has some relevant elevation gain, wear proper shoes. Unbelievable views, and great trail layout on the top of the caprock! If you are lazy, you can start from the parking lot at the western end and go mostly downhill - but then you need a ‘shuttle’ to get you back; hitch hiking or using two cars (I’m not talking about the Caprock Coulee Nature trail; that one I found...

Gorgeous trail. Definitely worth doing. It is very isolated due to lack of hikers there and gives you a great opportunity to experience real nature. There are a lot of beautiful butterflies and flowers along the trail. Took 4 hours including breaks to admire, drink/eat and take pictures. Otherwise, could be done in 3 hours. If you start going from the nature trail, it starts out marked very well, but towards the end it can be difficult to find the trail path at...

This trail is clearly the best in the park from the perspectives of both scenery and hiking challenge. The 4.1 mile option is exactly as advertised--it was definitely sometimes strenuous but the amazing views were more than worth it. Some trail confusion in the desert areas was easy to clear up by following the board walk. The guide provided was pretty helpful in pointing out the salient features of the landscape on the earliest part of the trail. I would...