Frazer Valley Road -Usgs Reward (BLM 16059) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access
Frazer Valley Road -Usgs Reward (BLM 16059) in CA
Road corridorBLM, Bakersfield
17 mi from Buttonwillow
Maps 1,854 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
Bureau of Land Management default; a local order can restrict it.
BLM Bakersfield Field Office ↗
Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days · then move 25 mi
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Road Access
Difficult
- BLM plans all 2.7 miles of this road as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 1.7 miles of it graded dirt, but the condition is unverified.
- Estimated climb: 310 ft over 2.7 miles, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 19%.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
- McKittrick Summit stands 2,473 ft above the map pin, 3.9 miles southwest.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 54–77°F, 0.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.