Roosevelt Inn
RESERVATIONS
1-800-257-8923
RESERVATIONS
1-800-257-8923
Hotel Phone
1-605-666-4599
Hotel email
info@rosyinn.com
Off-roading
in the Black Hills can take many forms, from boulder hopping to soft
pine-needle trails. In 2008 about 5,000 miles of Forest
Development Roads and trails were open to off-roading. Off-Roading
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The use of off-road vehicles in the Black Hills is an activity that is very popular with many people who live in western South Dakota. The Black Hills are ideal for 4x4s, ATVs and UTVs use, the latter having grown immensely in the past few years. Currently some seasonal restrictions apply. Also some locations such as the Black Elk Wilderness area is completely off-limits. Most numbered Forest Service roads are open to ATVs and high clearance vehicles and the rule of thumb is: "If there is no gate, or sign prohibiting travel, you can drive on it." Click HERE for a page dealing specifically with ATVs and UTVs. A map showing all forest service roads may be downloaded at and Although these maps lack some detail they are somewhat useful. More information about the Black Hills National Forest is available at http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/blackhills/faq/index.html#q10 . Public lands around the Black Hills, including some managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Forest Service and the State of South Dakota are also open to off-road use. However federal lands managed by the National Park Service (Mt. Rushmore, Wind Cave, Jewel Cave, The Badlands, Devil's Tower) are not. Information about off-road in Custer State Park can be found at http://www.sdgfp.info/Parks/Recreation/OHV.htm. Finally is should be noted that there are many tracts of private land located within the Black Hills National Forest and these tracts are frequently "posted" -- i.e. closed to off-road usage. Also note that snowmobile trails are not open to wheeled vehicles. That said there remain many ares of the Black Hills that open to ATV and off-road usage -- at least for now, but this won't last. Here are some links: Link to Dakota Territory Cruisers Home Page and Link to a Page with Great Four-Wheeling Pictures in the Black Hills.
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