Salt Spring Valley (FR 18N38) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access

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Salt Spring Valley (FR 18N38) in CA

Road corridorMendocino NF, Grindstone Ranger District

24 mi from Willows

Maps 2,825 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 5–5.6 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

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
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Difficult
  • All 6.7 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Dry Creek Hill.
  • Estimated climb: 880 ft over 6.7 miles through 14 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 16%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~100 ft on the downhill side.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Secluded
  • Secluded here, with no through road within 3.7 miles.
  • Saint John Mountain stands 3,909 ft above the map pin, 3.1 miles southwest.
  • Watson Spring lies 1.1 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 54–72°F, 1.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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