FR 5718 — Mario Johnson Dam in SD -- Camping Rules & Access

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FR 5718 — Mario Johnson Dam in SD

Road corridorDakota Prairie Grasslands, Grand River Ranger District

26 mi from Lemmon

Maps 2,513 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

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

Difficult
  • All 1 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.

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 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 33–59°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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