Little Mo Nature Trail - Theodore Roosevelt National Park

We continued our May 2021 visit to the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park by driving along Scenic Drive to the Juniper Picnic Area and Campground at mile 4.5.  After a nice picnic lunch at the CCC shelter in the picnic area, we drove back to the Camptender's parking area which also serves as the trailhead for the Little Mo Nature Trail. It is hard to imagine the Camptender's building functioning as the visitor center, but it was used in that manner for a couple of years.

The trail consists of a 0.7-mile paved inner loop and an additional 0.7-mile unpaved extended loop. The paved loop is about five feet wide and is wheelchair accessible. We only hiked the paved section.

Trailhead marker in the median

Trailhead information

Bridge over Squaw Creek

Squaw Creek

CCC picnic pavilion for the former Squaw Creek Campground

Buttes north of the Little Missouri floodplain

Beginning of the loop

Battleship Butte

Viewing bench

Floodplain and buttes south of the river

Floodplain and buttes north of the river

Beginning of the unpaved outer loop

Another view of Battleship Butte

Little Missouri River

Typical condition of the paved trail

Another viewing bench

A spur trail ends at the river with no access to it

View upstream

View downstream

An entry fee of $30 per vehicle, $25 per motorcycle, or $15 per person is valid for seven consecutive days at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Other fee payment options include the America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands passes including the Annual Pass ($80), Senior Pass ($80 for a lifetime), Access Pass (free with a documented disability), and Military Annual Pass (free for active-duty personnel). Also available is a Theodore Roosevelt National Park Annual Park Pass for $55.

The Theodore Roosevelt National Park website is https://www.nps.gov/thro/index.htm.