sknhgy
06-05-09, 09:41 PM
Anybody familiar with this trail in the Black Hills? If I went I would pick a spot to camp for a few days then ride out and back from there. Any good places to do this?
Mountain - Plains - George S. Mickelson Trail ?
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colorado dale
06-07-09, 08:47 AM
Custer state park stockade lake campground
there is a bike path from park entrance to town of custer where you can pick up michelson
stockade lake campground is near the entrance
reminder Michelson isnt paved
there is a bike path from park entrance to town of custer where you can pick up michelson
stockade lake campground is near the entrance
reminder Michelson isnt paved
sknhgy
06-07-09, 05:15 PM
Thanks for the info.
I remember seeing it once, about 5-6 years ago(?). Back then I didn't ride as much as I do now. I've been thinking of going out there for a vacation. I would like to be able to ride out into the hills then come back to my campsite that day. Does that seem like a good place to do that?
I remember seeing it once, about 5-6 years ago(?). Back then I didn't ride as much as I do now. I've been thinking of going out there for a vacation. I would like to be able to ride out into the hills then come back to my campsite that day. Does that seem like a good place to do that?
cyccommute
06-08-09, 09:11 AM
Anybody familiar with this trail in the Black Hills? If I went I would pick a spot to camp for a few days then ride out and back from there. Any good places to do this?
I've stayed at the Rafter J Bar campground (http://www.rafterj.com/) and the Horse Thief Campground (http://www.horsethief.com/). Both are commercial campgrounds. The Rafter J Bar is a huge campground and is right on the Mickelson Trail. Unfortunately, the tent ghetto is about as close to Hwy 67 as you can get without camping on the centerline:rolleyes: We nicknamed it Camp Willy Whoomp Whoomp because the cars going over the rumble strips made a whoomp whoomp noise all night long:eek::twitchy::notamused: All of the 'quiet' camping spots that are further away from the road are reserved for the RV crowd:wtf:
Horse Thief is more secluded but further from the trail (about a mile and a half away)
I've stayed at the Rafter J Bar campground (http://www.rafterj.com/) and the Horse Thief Campground (http://www.horsethief.com/). Both are commercial campgrounds. The Rafter J Bar is a huge campground and is right on the Mickelson Trail. Unfortunately, the tent ghetto is about as close to Hwy 67 as you can get without camping on the centerline:rolleyes: We nicknamed it Camp Willy Whoomp Whoomp because the cars going over the rumble strips made a whoomp whoomp noise all night long:eek::twitchy::notamused: All of the 'quiet' camping spots that are further away from the road are reserved for the RV crowd:wtf:
Horse Thief is more secluded but further from the trail (about a mile and a half away)