Estes Creek (FR 152) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access

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Estes Creek (FR 152) in SD

Road corridorBlack Hills NF, Northern Hills Ranger District

12 mi from Piedmont

Maps 5,351 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 10.2–10.6 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Black Hills National Forest ↗

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

Difficult
  • 12.9 of this road’s 17.2 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 11.6 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Crystal Mountain.
  • Winds through 11 switchbacks.
  • Dead-ends 1.1 miles in at a mapped turnaround.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.7 miles off.
  • Middle Boxelder Creek runs 1.2 mi off.

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 29–55°F, 2.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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