Pactola Cg Loop 1B (FR 545.1) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access in South Dakota

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Pactola Cg Loop 1B (FR 545.1) in SD

Dispersed camping corridorBlack Hills NF, Mystic Ranger District

10 mi from Colonial Pine Hills

Maps 4,655 ft

Designated sites only

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

Easy
  • 0.1 of this road’s 1 miles are maintained for passenger cars, mostly paved with 0.1 miles of gravel.
  • Near Pactola Reservoir Recreation Area.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

1 known camp spot along this road, at mile 0.9: reported by travellers.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • The Pactola Lake shoreline is 0.2 mi off.
  • Scruton Mountain stands 1,259 ft above the map pin, 2.0 miles southwest.

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
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

September normals 4372°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.