FR 5711 — Square Top Butte in SD -- Camping Rules & Access

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FR 5711 — Square Top Butte in SD

Road corridorDakota Prairie Grasslands, Grand River Ranger District

29 mi from Hettinger

Maps 2,703 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–0.4 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
  • All 0.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Secluded
  • Secluded here, with the nearest through road 3.0 miles off.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.

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 32–59°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.