Laughing Creek (FR 407) in SD

Road corridorBlack Hills NF, Hell Canyon Ranger District

2.8 mi from Custer

Maps 5,728 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days

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Difficult

All 0.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
Near Buckhorn Mountain.
Estimated climb: 0 ft over 0.6 miles, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 16%.
Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
Laughing Water Creek runs 0.7 mi off.
Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Buckhorn Mountain stands 576 ft above the map pin, 1.4 miles southeast.

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 29–54°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Laughing Creek (FR 407) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access