Lookout Creek (FR 25N03) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access

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Lookout Creek (FR 25N03) in CA

Road corridorPlumas NF, Beckwourth Ranger District

12 mi from Herlong

Maps 5,915 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Plumas National Forest ↗

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 4.9 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.7 miles off.
  • Ramelli Creek runs 0.6 mi off.
  • Dixie Mountain stands 2,396 ft above the map pin, 4.7 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
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 37–63°F, 0.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.