Horsethief Lake BR 1A (FR 401.1) in SD

Road corridorBlack Hills NF, Mystic Ranger District

11 mi from Custer

Maps 5,072 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

0.5 of this road’s 0.8 miles are maintained for passenger cars, 0.5 miles of it gravel.
Near Old Baldy Mountain.
Winds through 3 switchbacks.
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.
Elkhorn Mountain stands 1,280 ft above the map pin, 1.8 miles southwest.
The Horse Thief Lake shoreline is 0.4 mi off.
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.
On part of this corridor: Camping: Designated sites only.
Camping rules

October normals 30–56°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Horsethief Lake BR 1A (FR 401.1) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access