Raper Creek (FR 376) in GA -- Camping Rules & Access

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Raper Creek (FR 376) in GA

Road corridorChattahoochee-Oconee NFs

9.8 mi from Clarkesville

Maps 1,631 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

Rough
  • All 1.3 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
  • Near Raper Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 250 ft over 1.3 miles through 3 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 30%.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.1 miles off.
  • Moates Branch runs 0.3 mi off.
  • Oakey Mountain stands 1,522 ft above the map pin, 1.9 miles east.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

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 47–71°F, 5.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.