{"id":2986,"date":"2024-03-01T20:28:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T20:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=2986"},"modified":"2024-03-07T19:21:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T19:21:39","slug":"dalton-lake-drive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=2986","title":{"rendered":"DALTON LAKE DRIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

*DO NOT USE THESE MAPS AS YOUR \u201cOFFICIAL\u201d TRAVEL MAP use AVENZA MAP<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*with off-road tires<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*with street tires<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A beautiful valley with a lake, a river, and forest service roads in abundance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghost towns in the area are mostly locations on the map. Little real evidence of history are seen at Spruce Ghost Town, Pratt\u2019s Mill Ghost Town Este Ghost Town and Apex Ghost Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red Gate Rock and White Gate Rock are two locations along the railroad used for distance by the engineer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water features include Little Elk Creek, Dalton Lake, Reausaw Lake, and the Civilian Conservation Crop Dam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a short but interesting hike, try the Little Elk Creek trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The famous Forest Service \u201cCase One\u201d is the earliest attempt at federally managed forest utilization. Case One is the site of the F-3 Civilian Conservation camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Places to Visit:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1970 NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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APEX GHOST TOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CUSTER CAMP AUGUST 1874<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CAMP ESTE F-3 CCC CAMP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>CCC DAM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>DALTON LAKE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>LITTLE ELK CREEK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>LITTLE ELK CREEK TRAIL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>LITTLE ELK CREEK WATER CROSSING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>MIDDLE BOXELDER GHOST TOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>NEMO CEMETERY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>PRATT\u2019S MILL GHOST TOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>PRATT WATERFALL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>RED GATE ROCK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>REAUSAW LAKE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SPRUCE GHOST TOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>WHITE GATE ROCK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>DALTON LAKE NATIONAL FOREST PICNIC AREA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>BOX ELDER FORKS NATIONAL FOREST CAMPGROUND<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>DALTON LAKE NATIONAL FOREST CAMPGROUND<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Parking:<\/strong>
Decimal Degrees:<\/strong> 44.2303,-103.4724<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trailhead:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DALTON LAKE TRAILHEAD<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connecting Drives:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEAVER PARK DRIVE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>CUSTER PEAK DRIVE<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PIEDMONT <\/strong><\/a>DRIVE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>PILOT KNOB DRIVE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>SOUTH BOXELDER DRIVE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*DO NOT USE THESE MAPS AS YOUR \u201cOFFICIAL\u201d TRAVEL MAP use AVENZA MAP *with off-road tires *with street tires A beautiful valley with a lake, a river, and forest service roads in abundance. Ghost towns in the area are mostly locations on the map. Little real evidence of history are seen at Spruce Ghost Town, Pratt\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-2986","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2986"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3425,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2986\/revisions\/3425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}