Mount Gilead Lake (FR 1106) in GA -- Camping Rules & Access

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Mount Gilead Lake (FR 1106) in GA

Road corridorChattahoochee-Oconee NFs

6.3 mi from Eatonton

Maps 484 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

Easy
  • All 0.5 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
  • Near Georgia Experiment Station Dam.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • 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 51–76°F, 2.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.