BLM 1617 — Sugar Tail Spring in CA -- Camping Rules & Access
BLM 1617 — Sugar Tail Spring in CA
Road corridorBLM, Bakersfield
11 mi from Avenal
Maps 2,423 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
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
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Road Access
Difficult
- BLM plans all 0.5 miles of this road as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, but the condition is unverified.
- Estimated climb: 180 ft over 0.5 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 17%.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Secluded
- Secluded here, with the nearest through road 2.7 miles off.
- Table Mountain stands 1,050 ft above the map pin, 1.8 miles west.
Climate averages
October normals 50–76°F, 0.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.