Bear Butte (FR 08S031) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access
Bear Butte (FR 08S031) in CA
Road corridorSierra NF, High Sierra Ranger District
20 mi from Auberry
Maps 7,107 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Motor-vehicle season 3/1–1/15Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · counted per Ranger District
VerizonWEAK
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkGOOD
Road Access
Difficult
- 3.1 of this road’s 4.4 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 3.1 miles of it dirt.
- Estimated climb: 1,300 ft over 4.4 miles through 7 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 22%.
- Dead-ends 0.5 miles in at a mapped turnaround.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.7 miles off.
- College Rock stands 1,932 ft above the map pin, 1.8 miles northwest.
- The Huntington Lake shoreline is 0.2 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 35–62°F, 2.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.