North Bitter Creek Usgs Pentland (BLM 16050) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access
North Bitter Creek Usgs Pentland (BLM 16050) in CA
Road corridorBLM, Bakersfield
3.7 mi from Maricopa
Maps 1,370 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
VerizonWEAK
AT&TNONE
T-MobileSTRONG
StarlinkEXCELLENT
Road Access
Extreme
- 0.6 of this road’s 7.4 miles are maintained only for low-range 4WD, mostly graded dirt with 0.6 miles of dirt.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Winds through 3 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.8 miles off.
- Brush Mountain stands 5,646 ft above the map pin, 12 miles southeast.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 53–79°F, 0.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.