Lake Eaton (FR 05) — Lake George in FL -- Camping Rules & Access

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Lake Eaton (FR 05) — Lake George in FL

Road corridorNFs in Florida, Lake George Ranger District

10 mi from Lake Kerr

Maps 53 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 5.9–6.1 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
  • 11.2 of this road’s 23.2 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 11.3 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Fore Lake Recreation Area.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Winds through 8 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road at mile 18.9: 1 mapped spot.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • A lake lies 0.7 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, 3.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.