Long Creek (FR 251) in GA -- Camping Rules & Access

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Long Creek (FR 251) in GA

Road corridorChattahoochee-Oconee NFs

14 mi from Dahlonega

11 mi off US 19 (straight line)

Maps 2,689 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · Then leave the forest
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 3.5 of this road’s 5.4 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 3.5 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Long Creek Falls.
  • Estimated climb: 890 ft over 5.4 miles through 10 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 37%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A gate 2 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road at mile 2: 1 mapped spot.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
  • Davis Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Rich Mountain stands 759 ft above the map pin, 1.2 miles southwest.

Rules

  • Camping or maintaining a campsite on National Forest System lands within any area of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest exceeding an aggregate of 14 days in any 30-day period is prohibited.
  • Camping rules

Climate averages

October normals 46–69°F, 5.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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