Highline (FR 718) in NE -- Camping Rules & Access

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Highline (FR 718) in NE

Road corridorNebraska NF, Pine Ridge Ranger District

4.8 mi from Chadron

0.0 mi off US 385 (straight line)

Maps 3,688 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

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Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · Counted per ranger district
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 10.8 of this road’s 17.5 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 12.1 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker.
  • Estimated climb: 1,600 ft over 17.5 miles through 10 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 23%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Cattle guards at the start of the road and 1.7, 4.2 and 5.2 miles along it.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
  • A pond lies 0.4 mi off.

Rules

  • Prohibits camping in the same ranger district, in a developed campground or dispersed camping, for more than 14 nonconsecutive days within a 30-day period.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 35–62°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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