Janesville-Frenchman (FR 28N01) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access
Janesville-Frenchman (FR 28N01) in CA
Road corridorPlumas NF, Beckwourth Ranger District
13 mi from Janesville
Maps 5,480 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 0.8–1.7, 2.9–3.2, 10–10.3, 20.1–20.4, 25.1–25.4, 26.4–26.8, 27.3–27.6, 45.2–45.8, 52.3–54.2, 56.1–60.6, 61.9–62.4 and 64.4–73.8 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
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Road Access
Difficult
- 52 of this road’s 76.2 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 51.5 miles of it dirt.
- Near chipmunk Spring.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Winds through 31 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Known camping along this road at mile 18.2: .
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- A river runs 0.6 mi off.
- Babcock Peak stands 1,516 ft above the map pin, 3.0 miles southwest.
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 33–63°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.