Custer Limestone (FR 284) — Hell Canyon in SD

Road corridorBlack Hills NF, Hell Canyon Ranger District

14 mi from Newcastle

Maps 5,925 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 4.5–4.8 and 8.5–9.8 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days

VerizonNONE

AT&TNONE

T-MobileNONE

StarlinkEXCELLENT

Difficult

8.2 of this road’s 21.4 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 8.2 miles of dirt.
Winds through 11 switchbacks.

Known camping along this road between mile 28.6 and mile 29: .

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.

Camping or occupying on the Black Hills National Forest Lands for a period longer of 14 calendar days (including portions of days) in a continuous 28-day period.
Camping rules

October normals 31–54°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Custer Limestone (FR 284) — Hell Canyon in SD -- Camping Rules & Access