Moderate, 5.2 mi Out and Back
1,109 ft elevation gain
Hiked 7/11/25
c/wildlifephoto post of a Mountain Bluebird seen on the trail from above.
One of the longer trails in this small state park in eastern Montana, it is mostly easy with a couple large hill climbs. After is along a ridgeline looking down into badlands valleys dotted with hoodoos. Park is known for its dinosaur fossils and the KT boundary, also has a disc golf course.
The trail leads on to some weathering sections of badlands in this area. Good footing, but watch for sinkholes.
A collection of hoodoos from the small garden area.
A small boulder field from where the columns collapsed under their capstones.
Hmm, I’m not too sure. Seems like half of the things named in that area are food terms repurposed or ‘hungry ____.’ Probably just a bunch of people that have been caught out in the badlands being hungry haha. I’ll have to look up hingry horse sometime, not sure if I know that one. Yeah, I don’t make it to eastern Montana as often, but it has some really great spots for sure.
There's a great book, Bad Land, that talks about the eastern MT struggle for white "settlers."
Ooh, I’ll add it to the list, thanks!