A workday sponsored by the Maah Daah Hey Trail Association will coincide with National Public Lands Day and will be held at Coal Creek Trailhead. In the spirit of celebrating National Public Lands Day, volunteers will be finishing a 400-foot section of surfacing on the north end of the Coal Creek Recreational Trail Program grant. Read more
MDHTA will again be sponsoring the MDH Trail Challenge in 2022. Challenge miles can be earned from using any of the trails in the Maah Daah Hey Trail System. These trails include the MDH, Buffalo Gap, Coal Creek, Juniper Spur, Bear Creek Spur, Ice Caves, Cottonwood, Bennett, Long X and Wolf. Trail miles are self-reported Read more
Burning Coal Vein Campground water was shutoff Thursday, June 24, 2021 until further notice. As of September 1, 2022 the water is still shutoff but is expected to be turned back on after it passes a water safety test. Consult the webpage or Facebook page for recent news on this issue. Campers and trail users Read more
The US Forest Service has issued an warning to MDHT users to please park in trailhead parking south of Medora rather than along the East River Road. See the notice below. The Maah Daah Hey Trail offers scenic views and a premier outdoor experience for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding enthusiasts. We want your Read more
This year’s Trails Day event took place on the Buffalo Gap Trail west of Medora south of Old US 10. Forty-two volunteers from the Maah Daah Hey Trail Association along with other organizations, such as, US Forest Service, Save the MDH, and Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch joined forces to surface 1000 feet of trail. Read more
Its official! The entire 144 miles of the Maah Daah Hey Trail, including Maah Daah Hey 2, or The Deuce, has been designated a National Recreation Trail. The designation was made on December 14, 2016 by the Northern Regional Forester, Leanne Marten. The application for this designation was supported by the North Dakota Department of Read more
The 2016 Trails Day headquartered out of the Third Creek Trail Head drew 42 hard working folks from western as well as central North Dakota. Response from the volunteers was so good that all of the gravel used to surface the trail that day was spread by 10:30 am and an additional half mile of Read more
Thirty hardy individuals participated in the 2015 National Trails Day event held on the Maah Daah Hey Trail on Saturday, June 6, 2015. The day before the event up to 2 inches of rain fell causing creeks and rivers to run high. But the clouds cleared out on Trails Day providing a perfect day to Read more
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