River Road (FR 74) in FL -- Camping Rules & Access

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River Road (FR 74) in FL

Road corridorNFs in Florida, Lake George Ranger District

8.0 mi from Interlachen

6.6 mi off US 17 (straight line)

Maps 93 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.2–2.1, 13–13.5 and 28.8–29.1 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
  • 21.9 of this road’s 32.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 21.9 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Blue Spring.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Winds through 11 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Gates 0.8, 0.9 and 14.5 miles along the road.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • A river runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • 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 62–83°F, 3.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.