Radio Tower (FR 7170) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access

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Radio Tower (FR 7170) in SD

Road corridorNebraska NF, Wall Ranger District

33 mi from Kyle

Maps 3,020 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · Counted per ranger district
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Road Access

Rough
  • All 0.7 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Badlands Wilderness Overlook.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • A cattle guard at the start of the road.

Known camping along this road at mile 0.4: .

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

Rules

  • Camping in the same Ranger District for more than 14 nonconsecutive days…within a 30-day period.…Wall Ranger District
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 35–62°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.