FR 5759 — Otto Dietterle Dam in SD -- Camping Rules & Access

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FR 5759 — Otto Dietterle Dam in SD

Road corridorDakota Prairie Grasslands, Grand River Ranger District

23 mi from Lemmon

Maps 2,473 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 1.1–2.1 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Dakota Prairie Grasslands ↗

Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · 28 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
VerizonWEAK
AT&TMARGINAL
T-MobileUSABLE
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Rough
  • All 8.5 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 6.1 miles of it dirt.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Secluded
  • Secluded here, with no through road within 3.7 miles.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.

Rules

  • Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 14 consecutive days within a calendar year … Camping or otherwise occupying any number of sites over 28 cumulative days within a calendar year
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 33–59°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.