FR 719A16 — Black Top Butte in ND -- Camping Rules & Access
FR 719A16 — Black Top Butte in ND
Road corridorDakota Prairie Grasslands
40 mi from Watford City
Maps 2,449 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · 28 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access
Rough
- 0.5 of this road’s 3.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, gravel the whole way.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.0 miles off.
- Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
- Whitetail Creek runs 1.1 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 31–57°F, 1.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.