Buck Branch (FR 104) in GA -- Camping Rules & Access

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Buck Branch (FR 104) in GA

Road corridorChattahoochee-Oconee NFs

5.9 mi from Clayton

Maps 1,762 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 3.5 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
  • Near Rainey Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 780 ft over 3.5 miles through 11 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 30%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Rainy Mountain stands 1,177 ft above the map pin, 1.9 miles southwest.
  • Tuckaluge Creek runs 0.9 mi off.
  • 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 48–70°F, 4.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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