Wabash Spring Road Dispersed Camping

This was a convenient place to stay to explore Custer during our June South Dakota trip! We parked at the top of the hill and rode our bikes further to find a place to tuck into the woods. We hiked all over and unlike the previous review, we never saw a rattlesnake, thank goodness!!! There was some ATV traffic, but everyone was friendly.

With increased amounts of public lands closing due to trash and unattended fires, there is very little left in this area of South Dakota. Most of the camping areas we’d previously used were closed.

This location has two spots for RV’s as the road is throughly washed out further up. Both spots were taken when we arrived.

We had to go to a pay spot.

This spot was pretty easy to access with our 33' 5th wheel - just one set of small potholes to get through. There was only one spot at the dropped pin - there are some other spots further up but you REALLY want to scout first as while we were there the road north of this site was getting a bit washed out.

Couldn't ask for a more convenient location - close to Custer, Custer State Park, and not too far from Mt. Rushmore. We had 2 bars of Verizon signal that went up to 4 with our WeBoost cell booster.

We did have 2 hail storms come through while we were there (Late June) - one that lasted for almost a half hour dumping penny to nickel sized hail on us. Weather in the Black Hills area can change rapidly so be sure to have a weather radio or some sort of alert system on your phone.

Came out here for 4th of July, someone was already in the first spot. Good news is there are a few pull outs down the road that could fit a (very) small rig. If you go far enough there are a few roads that lead off to their own spots, the one I found could easily fit two large trailers. Please note that a lot of the side roads you’ll see don’t allow motor vehicles, so look closely. Also like the first review said, lots of cattle in the area, watch where you park/step.