Cowboy Gulch (FR 303.1) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access

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Cowboy Gulch (FR 303.1) in SD

Road corridorBlack Hills NF, Mystic Ranger District

10 mi from Custer

Maps 5,135 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Black Hills National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days
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Road Access

Moderate
  • All 2 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, gravel the whole way.
  • Near Campaign Hill.

Known camping along this road between mile 0.7 and mile 1.9: .

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Zimmer Ridge stands 1,441 ft above the map pin, 1.7 miles southwest.
  • 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 31–57°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.