Letts Valley (FR 17N02) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access

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Letts Valley (FR 17N02) in CA

Road corridorMendocino NF, Grindstone Ranger District

15 mi from Nice

Maps 3,807 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Mendocino National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 4/16–11/14Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 1 mi · No more than 28 days in any 12 months
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 18 of this road’s 24.6 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 23.6 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Letts Valley 1-039 Dam.
  • Estimated climb: 4,700 ft over 24.6 miles through 41 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 28%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~150 ft on the downhill side.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Gates 8.7, 9.5 and 10.1 miles along the road.
  • A gate 9.3 miles along the road, signed private.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • High Rock stands 2,563 ft above the map pin, 2.5 miles north.
  • Letts Creek runs 0.3 mi off.

Rules

  • Visitors may camp in the same location outside a one-mile radius of a developed recreation site for 14 days within any 30-day period but no more than 28 cumulative days in any 12-month period.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 48–70°F, 2.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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