FR 31261 — Slim Butte Monument in SD -- Camping Rules & Access

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FR 31261 — Slim Butte Monument in SD

Road corridorCuster NF, Sioux Ranger District

42 mi from Hettinger

Maps 3,281 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Custer Gallatin National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Moderate
  • All 0.4 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • Red Cross Spring lies 1.1 mi off.

Rules

  • Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year.…Camping or otherwise occupying any number of sites over 32 cumulative days within a calendar year.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 32–58°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.