Cate Place (FR 24N57) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access
Cate Place (FR 24N57) in CA
Road corridorPlumas NF, Beckwourth Ranger District
13 mi from Portola
Maps 6,189 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Stay limit: 14 days · Per calendar year in each ranger district; 30 days a year across the forest
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Road Access
Difficult
- All 13.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Near Walker Mine Tailings Dam.
- Estimated climb: 2,800 ft over 13.6 miles through 7 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 26%.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.7 miles off.
- Grizzly Ridge stands 1,122 ft above the map pin, 1.7 miles west.
- Summit Lake lies 0.7 mi off.
Rules
- Camping for a period longer than 14 days within a calendar year in any dispersed campsite per Ranger District. … Camping for a period longer than 30 days total within a calendar year. … Using a campsite in any single developed campground or dispersed campsite by more than eight (8) persons and/or two (2) vehicles.
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 36–61°F, 1.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.