Echo Valley (FR 313.1A) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access

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Echo Valley (FR 313.1A) in SD

Road corridorBlack Hills NF, Hell Canyon Ranger District

5.0 mi from Custer

Maps 5,291 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.8–1 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Black Hills National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days
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Road Access

Moderate
  • All 1.1 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0.5 miles of dirt.
  • Near Beecher Rock.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Well Pole Creek runs 0.9 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

Rules

  • 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
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 31–56°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.