Mickey (FR 777) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access

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Mickey (FR 777) in SD

Road corridorBlack Hills NF, Mystic Ranger District

4.0 mi from Blackhawk

Maps 4,394 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
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 16.8 of this road’s 18.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 13.5 miles of it dirt.
  • Estimated climb: 1,700 ft over 18.9 miles through 9 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 29%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road at mile 16.2: .

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.1 miles off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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 33–59°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.