Horsethief Cg (FR 401) in SD

Dispersed camping corridorBlack Hills NF, Mystic Ranger District

11 mi from Custer

Maps 5,033 ft

Designated sites only

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

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Easy

All 0.5 miles of this road are maintained for passenger-car comfort, paved the whole way.
Near Old Baldy Mountain.
Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
The Horse Thief Lake shoreline is 0.2 mi off.
Elkhorn Mountain stands 1,319 ft above the map pin, 1.8 miles southwest.
Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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
Camping rules

October normals 36–56°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Horsethief Cg (FR 401) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access