Summit Road (BLM 66052) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access
Summit Road (BLM 66052) in CA
Road corridorBLM, Palm Springs/S. Coast
23 mi from North Shore
Maps 1,398 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 0.6–1.1 and 9.8–10.6 cross land the BLM doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
BLM Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office ↗
Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days · then move 25 mi
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Road Access
Difficult
- All 10.6 miles of this road are maintained only for low-range 4WD, dirt the whole way.
- Near Hayfield Summit Spring.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- A gate 8.6 miles along the road, signed private.
Known camping along this road between mile 2.4 and mile 3.9: .
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 2.0 miles off.
- A canal runs 0.9 mi off.
Rules
- Dispersed camping is allowed on Public Lands in California for no more than a period of 14 days within any period of 28 consecutive days.…After the 14th day of occupation, the camper must move outside of a 25 mile radius of the previous location until the 29th day since the initial occupation.
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 58–87°F, 0.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.