Astor (FR 73) in FL -- Camping Rules & Access

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Astor (FR 73) in FL

Road corridorNFs in Florida, Seminole Ranger District

5.4 mi from Astor

6.0 mi off US 17 (straight line)

Maps 35 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 11.7–20.6 and 21–21.2 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

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Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Moderate
  • 24.3 of this road’s 32.2 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 24.3 miles of it dirt.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Winds through 3 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A gate 21 miles along the road.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • A river runs 0.5 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

Rules

  • Camping or maintaining a campsite in excess of 14 days within any 30 day time period, unless the campsite has been posted with different stay limits by the Forest Service.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 63–84°F, 3.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.