FR 04S132 — Upper Gorge PP 6-042 Dam in CA -- Camping Rules & Access

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FR 04S132 — Upper Gorge PP 6-042 Dam in CA

Road corridorInyo NF, White Mountain Ranger District

8.2 mi from Crowley Lake

Maps 6,957 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Inyo National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · 28 days total per calendar year · then move 10 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 9.8 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • 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.

Known camping along this road at mile 0.9: .

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.8 miles off.
  • Mount Morgan stands 6,047 ft above the map pin, 11 miles west.
  • A reservoir lies 0.9 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

Rules

  • Within a 10-mile radius of any undeveloped campsite for a period longer than 14 consecutive days... Anywhere within the Inyo National Forest for more than 28 total days during a calendar year.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 35–66°F, 0.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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