Echo Summit (FR 11N06) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access
Echo Summit (FR 11N06) in CA
Road corridorEldorado NF, Placerville Ranger District
1.5 mi from Meyers
Maps 7,220 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 0–0.3 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
Stay limit: 10 days · Per calendar year, counted per ranger district
VerizonUSABLE
AT&TSTRONG
T-MobileSTRONG
StarlinkGOOD
Road Access
Moderate
- 0.2 of this road’s 1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, paved the whole way.
- Near Andrews Meadows.
- Estimated climb: 260 ft over 1 miles, with sustained grades near 12%.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Known camping along this road at mile 0.8: .
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Becker Peak stands 1,083 ft above the map pin, 1.0 miles northwest.
- The Lake Audrian shoreline is 0.3 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.
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 34–59°F, 3.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.