Six Mile (FR 301) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access

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Six Mile (FR 301) in SD

Road corridorBlack Hills NF, Mystic Ranger District

16 mi from Custer

Maps 6,736 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 7.6–7.9 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
  • 7.2 of this road’s 19.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 6.7 miles of dirt.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.

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 27–51°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.