Dotta Canyon (FR 24N32) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access
Dotta Canyon (FR 24N32) in CA
Road corridorPlumas NF, Beckwourth Ranger District
7.4 mi from Portola
Maps 5,591 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 0.2–0.6, 2.1–2.6, 4.1–4.4, 5–5.6, 6–6.6 and 15.1–15.6 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
Stay limit: 14 days · Per calendar year in each ranger district; 30 days a year across the forest
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkGOOD
Road Access
Difficult
- All 21.5 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Winds through 10 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.5 miles off.
- A pond lies 1.0 mi off.
- Horton Ridge stands 2,022 ft above the map pin, 4.8 miles southeast.
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 30–64°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.