Potato Patch (FR 68) in GA

Road corridorChattahoochee-Oconee NFs

6.7 mi from Eton

5.1 mi off US 411 (straight line)

Maps 3,241 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 7–7.4, 11.1–11.4 and 11.7–12.9 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

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

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Difficult

2.6 of this road’s 14.7 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 1.7 miles of dirt.
Estimated climb: 1,500 ft over 14.7 miles through 19 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 48%.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~140 ft on the downhill side.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Gates 6.8, 10.5 and 12.9 miles along the road.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
The Lake Conasauga shoreline is 0.3 mi off.
Bald Mountain stands 761 ft above the map pin, 1.5 miles northeast.
Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

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

October normals 45–66°F, 4.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Potato Patch (FR 68) in GA -- Camping Rules & Access