{"id":3185,"date":"2024-03-02T14:46:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T14:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=3185"},"modified":"2025-02-08T10:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T17:11:41","slug":"hazelrodt-drive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=3185","title":{"rendered":"HAZELRODT 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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Located just South West of Custer, South Dakota the Hazelrodt Drive is a nice set of trail-like Forest Service roads. The ride borders the West side of Custer State Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The First White woman to enter the Black Hills, is honored with the Annie Tallent Monument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A drive to the top of Cicero Peak brings you to the Cicero Peak Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General George Custer\u2019s \u201cPermanent Camp\u201d was located in this area. Miners with him, discovered the \u201cfirst gold.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historic buildings populate the area. watch for the Glen Erin School, a historic fireplace, Hazelrodt cabin, the Meeker Ranch, Meeker Road cabin, the old Custer Jail, Wild Rose mine cabin, Flick Cabin and Fort Defiance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water features include: Flynn Creek, French Creek, Lake of the Pines, Stockade Lake Bridge waterfall, and Stockade Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

<\/a>ANNIE TALLENT MONUMENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>CICERO PEAK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>CICERO PEAK TOWER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>C\u201cPERMANENT CAMP\u201d CUSTER EXPEDITION<\/a>**<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>CUSTER FIRST GOLD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>FLICK CABIN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>FLYNN CREEK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>GORDON STOCKADE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>FRENCH CREEK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>GLEN ERIN SCHOOL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>HISTORIC MOUNTAIN FIREPLACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>LAKE OF THE PINES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>MEEKER RANCH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>MEEKER ROAD CABIN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>OLD CUSTER JAIL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>PHILLIP 821 FELDSPAR MINE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>RED BIRD MINE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>TURK\u2019S HEAD PILLAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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<\/a>WILD ROSE MINE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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<\/a>FRENCH CREEK NATIONAL FOREST CAMPGROUND<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PARKING:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decimal Degrees:<\/strong> 43.6644,-103.7905<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

HAZELRODT TRAILHEAD<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

BLUEBIRD DRIVE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CASTLE ROCK DRIVE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

*DO NOT USE THESE MAPS AS YOUR \u201cOFFICIAL\u201d TRAVEL MAP use AVENZA MAP *with off-road tires *with street tires Located just South West of Custer, South Dakota the Hazelrodt Drive is a nice set of trail-like Forest Service roads. The ride borders the West side of Custer State Park. The First White woman to enter the […]<\/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-3185","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3185","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=3185"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4137,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3185\/revisions\/4137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}