Grand River (FR 5626) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access

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Grand River (FR 5626) in SD

Road corridorDakota Prairie Grasslands, Grand River Ranger District

16 mi from Lemmon

Maps 2,469 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 5.3–6.4 and 7.9–8.4 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

Rough
  • 15.7 of this road’s 16.4 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 14.6 miles of it dirt.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Cattle guards at the start of the road and 2.1 miles along it.

Setting

Secluded
  • Secluded here, with the nearest through road 3.3 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 33–59°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.