(C) Bull Hook Creek (FR 5662) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access

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(C) Bull Hook Creek (FR 5662) in SD

Road corridorDakota Prairie Grasslands, Grand River Ranger District

7.8 mi from Hettinger

7.6 mi off US 12 (straight line)

Maps 2,582 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 1–1.2 and 5.2–5.7 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Dakota Prairie Grasslands ↗

Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · 28 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Moderate
  • 5 of this road’s 7.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 2.2 miles of dirt.
  • Near Kid Rich Butte.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • A cattle guard 5 miles along the road.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.0 miles off.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • North Fork Grand River runs 0.6 mi off.

Rules

  • Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 14 consecutive days within a calendar year … Camping or otherwise occupying any number of sites over 28 cumulative days within a calendar year
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 31–58°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.