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Custer State Park
Coordinates: 43.7333986, -103.4555054 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Custer SP--Four Mile Draw
Coordinates: 43.67257, -103.44066 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Custer SP--French Creek (East)
Coordinates: 43.7131152, -103.3537102 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Custer SP--Harney Peak Trail 9 from Sylvan Lake
Coordinates: 43.8548762, -103.5378718 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Custer SP--Lakota Lake
Coordinates: 43.8488432, -103.3990711 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Custer SP--Lame Johnny Rd.
Coordinates: 43.6406324, -103.3468866 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Custer SP--Mt. Coolidge Lookout
Coordinates: 43.745, -103.48147 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Custer SP--Oak Draw Rd
Coordinates: 43.6635254, -103.3921623 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Custer SP--Peter Norbeck Visitor Center
Coordinates: 43.7655154, -103.3846092 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Custer SP--Prairie Trail
Coordinates: 43.6579681, -103.4143925 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Custer SP--Stockade Lake
Coordinates: 43.77299, -103.51701 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Custer SP--Sylvan Lake campground
Coordinates: 43.8403309, -103.5578048 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Custer SP--Sylvan Lake Day Use Area
Coordinates: 43.8463267, -103.5596875 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Custer SP--Wildlife Loop
Coordinates: 43.7067869, -103.3406639 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for Birding Custer State Park
French Creek Trailhead is on the east side of the Wildlife Loop. Watch out for rattlesnakes in spring and summer. Four Mile Draw Road takes off from the lower west side of the Wildlife Loop. Look for Black-backed, Red-headed and Lewis’s woodpeckers in the burned area. Areas of bug-killed pines anywhere in the Black Hills are good locations to look for Black-backed Woodpecker. Birds to look for: Canyon Wren, Northern Goshawk, Western Tanager, Black-headed Grosbeak, Dusky Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, riparian species, White-throated Swift, Mountain Bluebird, Baltimore Oriole, Spotted Towhee, warblers in migration. Sharp-tailed Grouse, Upland Sandpiper, sparrows, hawks along Wildlife Loop. Rarity: Pinyon Jay.
 * French Creek Nature Area and Wildlife Loop**

Follow hiking trails. Be Prepared for sudden changes in weather. Birds to look for: Ruffed Grouse drumming in April-May around Harney Peak, Clark’s Nutcracker, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red Crossbill, American Three-toed Woodpecker, Black-backed Woodpecker, Red-naped Sapsucker, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned kinglets, Gray Jay, Western Wood-Pewee, Osprey, Hairy Woodpecker, Pine Siskin, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Golden Eagle. Rarities: Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, White-winged Crossbill. From Black Hills, Badlands, and Lakes Birding Trail brochure
 * Sylvan Lake, Harney Peak, and Little Deveil's Tower Trail**

About Custer State Park
Custer State Park is a 71,000-acre park with many habitat types including grassland, riparian habitat, Ponderosa pine and spruce forests with aspen and deciduous groves; many roads and trails suitable for birding. The best way to enjoy birding in Custer State Park is to contact the park headquarters to get maps, bird checklist and information on recent and seasonal sightings.

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