Kelly Flats (250.9 miles away)
Rustic, Colorado
Bald Hill / Taylor Ranch Road
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Taylor Ranch Road is a year-round, rough-graded dirt road in the Bald Hills area of the Black Hills. It can be found on the north side of Sheridan Lake Road, between Highway 385 and Rapid City. It is generally accessible to most vehicles with moderate ground clearance. Visitors can expect an easy path with small embedded rocks and the occasional wash or rut on the side of the road. In all instances, the ruts are easily straddled or side-passed. Taylor Ranch Road will present the Bald Hills, a nearly treeless island of rolling hills in an otherwise forested area. This road will connect users from Sheridan Lake Road into Nik Ranch, and then to Victoria Lake Road near the Pactola Dam.
Taylor Ranch Road does have three short spurs. Spurs 160.1 and 160.2D end at gates to private property and offer little to see. Spur 160.2B offers access to the Centennial Hiking Trail 89.
Taylor Ranch Road has no designated camping spots. However, dispersed camping is allowed in the Black Hills National Forest, and there are ample flat, bare spots on the edges of the road. Open campfires are not permitted in the Black Hills National Forest.
