Erskine Gulch (FR 145) in SD

Road corridorBlack Hills NF, Northern Hills Ranger District

6.1 mi from Piedmont

Maps 4,427 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.2–1 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days

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Easy

All 1.3 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
Near Green Mountain.
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 0.0 miles off.
Steamboat Rock stands 647 ft above the map pin, 0.6 miles northwest.
Jim Creek runs 0.4 mi off.
Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

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 32–58°F, 1.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Erskine Gulch (FR 145) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access