Archery Branch 1A (FR 558.1) in SD

Road corridorBlack Hills NF, Northern Hills Ranger District

7.0 mi from Lead

Maps 5,756 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Motor-vehicle season 5/15–12/15Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days

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All 1.1 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
Near Custer Peak.
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 0.1 miles off.
Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Custer Peak stands 1,027 ft above the map pin, 2.2 miles southwest.

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 30–54°F, 2.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Archery Branch 1A (FR 558.1) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access