Highway 73 Dam Rd. (FR 5629) in SD -- Camping Rules & Access

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Highway 73 Dam Rd. (FR 5629) in SD

Road corridorDakota Prairie Grasslands, Grand River Ranger District

18 mi from Lemmon

Maps 2,498 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

Moderate
  • All 0.3 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, gravel the whole way.
  • Near Wlliam T Malloy Dam.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 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.