Beicegel Creek Cutoff (FR 809) in ND -- Camping Rules & Access
Beicegel Creek Cutoff (FR 809) in ND
Road corridorDakota Prairie Grasslands
32 mi from Watford City
Maps 2,324 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
Difficult
- 2.5 of this road’s 14.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 2.5 miles of dirt.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Known camping along this road at mile 13.9: .
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.9 miles off.
- Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
- Sand Creek runs 0.4 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.
Climate averages
October normals 32–57°F, 1.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.