Mercer (FR 105) in FL -- Camping Rules & Access

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Mercer (FR 105) in FL

Road corridorNFs in Florida, Apalachicola Ranger District

10 mi from Bristol

20 mi off I-10 (straight line)

Maps 50 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

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Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Moderate
  • 42.3 of this road’s 67.5 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 37.1 miles of it dirt.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Winds through 9 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A water crossing 20.7 miles along the road.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • The Little Camel Pond shoreline is 1.1 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 58–82°F, 3.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.