Roughlock Falls RD (FR 222.3) in SD

Road corridorBlack Hills NF, Northern Hills Ranger District

12 mi from Lead

Maps 5,768 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Camping is limited to designated sites on part of this road; the exact stretch is not confirmed.

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

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Moderate

0.3 of this road’s 5.1 miles are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
Near Dances with Wolves film site.
Winds through 4 switchbacks.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

1 known camp spot along this road, at mile 3.4: reported by travellers.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
Schoolhouse Spring lies 0.4 mi off.

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.
On part of this corridor: Camping: Designated sites only.
Camping rules

September normals 44–69°F, 1.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Roughlock Falls RD (FR 222.3) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access in South Dakota