39 Mile (FR 11N27) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access
39 Mile (FR 11N27) in CA
Road corridorEldorado NF, Placerville Ranger District
9.9 mi from Meyers
Maps 5,384 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Motor-vehicle season 4/1–12/31Stay limit: 10 days · Per calendar year, counted per ranger district
VerizonWEAK
AT&TWEAK
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkFAIR
Road Access
Difficult
- 0.2 of this road’s 0.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly paved with 0.2 miles of dirt.
- Near Bald Mountain.
- Estimated climb: 60 ft over 0.9 miles, with sustained grades near 20%.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Known camping along this road at mile 0.2: .
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Pyramid Peak stands 4,592 ft above the map pin, 4.3 miles northeast.
- South Fork American River runs 0.2 mi off.
Rules
- Maximum stay limit for camping outside of a developed campground is 10 days per district/per calendar year. Vehicles must be parked within one vehicle length of the edge of the surface of a designated road or trail. … make sure that it is at least 100 feet away from streams and lakes … Dispersed campsites must be outside the boundary markings of developed campgrounds.
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 38–66°F, 3.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.