Boxelder Ridge (FR 204.2) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access

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Boxelder Ridge (FR 204.2) in SD

Road corridorBlack Hills NF, Northern Hills Ranger District

12 mi from Lead

Maps 5,632 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Black Hills National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 5/15–12/15Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days
VerizonWEAK
AT&TSTRONG
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkGOOD

Road Access

Difficult
  • All 9 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 4.5 miles of it dirt.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.9 miles off.
  • The Roubaix Lake shoreline is 0.9 mi off.
  • Minnesota Ridge stands 616 ft above the map pin, 1.6 miles southwest.

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 31–55°F, 2.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.