Summit Ridge Lookout Cabin in SD -- Campground & RV Camping

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Summit Ridge Lookout Cabin in SD

CampgroundUSFS

8.0 mi from Newcastle

Maps 6,094 ft

Official campground & reservations ↗

605-673-9200

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Road Access

Moderate
  • Road difficulty 2 of 5: a moderate drive in.
  • Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 10%.

Rig fit

  • Maximum published vehicle length: 40 ft.
  • Driveway grade: slight.
No drinking waterVault toilets

Campground details

1 siteNo water hookupsFires allowed

Setting

Fairly secluded

Summit Ridge Cabin is a 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps building at 6,096 feet elevation in the Black Hills National Forest, surrounded by Ponderosa pines. Built for lookout tower staff, the 22-by-32-foot cabin sleeps up to 10 guests on three bunk beds (no mattresses provided). It features a wood stove for heat, a propane cookstove, solar LED lighting, an outdoor fire ring, an accessible vault toilet, and two auxiliary RV parking sites. No water or firewood is provided. Guests come to hunt, ride OHV trails, hike, mountain bike, or snowmobile and ski in winter.

Getting there: Entrance into the cabin is by combination lock. Prior to your arrival please contact the Hell Canyon Ranger District, Monday - Friday between 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Mountain Time, at 605-673-9200 to obtain the combination. From Newcastle, Wyoming, travel east on US Highway 16 for approximately 9 miles to Forest Service Road 117, Boles Canyon Road. Go North on Boles Canyon Road for approximately 12 miles and turn left on Forest Service Road 265, Summit Road. Follow Summit Road for approximately three miles to the Summit Ridge Cabin which is on the left. Note that Boles Canyon Road and Summit Road do not receive any maintenance during winter months, including snow plowing.

  • Well separated here, a single-site campground with the nearest through road 1.4 miles off.
  • Cabins and shelters rather than pads, with most of them shaded.

Rules

  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 30–54°F, 1.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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Starlink Radar

Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy

Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 99 of 100.

Tree cover43%30m sat. est.
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