Power Line BR 1D (FR 425.1D) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access
Power Line BR 1D (FR 425.1D) in SD
Road corridorBlack Hills NF, Mystic Ranger District
11 mi from Custer
Maps 5,228 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days
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Road Access
Difficult
- All 0.5 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Near Bishop Mountain.
- Estimated climb: 140 ft over 0.5 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 13%.
- Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Known camping along this road at mile 0.4: .
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 5, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
- Newton Fork runs 1.2 mi off.
- Black Elk Peak stands 1,952 ft above the map pin, 4.1 miles southeast.
Rules
Climate averages
October normals 30–56°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.