Murdock Tie (FR 26N07) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access

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Murdock Tie (FR 26N07) in CA

Road corridorPlumas NF, Beckwourth Ranger District

11 mi from Janesville

Maps 5,623 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 5.3–5.5 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

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 7.7 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 2.4 miles of dirt.
  • Near chipmunk Spring.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.4 miles off.
  • Chipmunk Spring lies 0.5 mi off.
  • Clarks Peak stands 1,543 ft above the map pin, 4.4 miles northeast.

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 35–63°F, 1.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.