Pine Grove (FR 718) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access

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Pine Grove (FR 718) in SD

Road corridorBlack Hills NF, Mystic Ranger District

7.1 mi from Colonial Pine Hills

1.1 mi off US 16 (straight line)

Maps 4,418 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 20.8–22 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Black Hills National Forest ↗

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

Difficult
  • 19.9 of this road’s 23 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 19.9 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Echo Peak.
  • Estimated climb: 2,700 ft over 23 miles through 26 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 22%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A cattle guard 4.4 miles along the road.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
  • A pond lies 0.6 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
  • Silver Mountain stands 991 ft above the map pin, 2.5 miles northwest.

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 34–58°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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