Goat Hill (FR 23N14) in CA -- Camping Rules & Access

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Goat Hill (FR 23N14) in CA

Road corridorMendocino NF, Grindstone Ranger District

27 mi from Covelo

Maps 5,590 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.4–0.9 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Mendocino National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 1 mi · No more than 28 days in any 12 months
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 3 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Log Spring.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~100 ft on the downhill side.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
  • Winds through 17 switchbacks.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Buck Spring lies 1.1 mi off.
  • Log Spring Ridge stands 516 ft above the map pin, 1.1 miles west.

Rules

  • Visitors may camp in the same location outside a one-mile radius of a developed recreation site for 14 days within any 30-day period but no more than 28 cumulative days in any 12-month period.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 34–63°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.