Muscadine (FR 517) in GA -- Camping Rules & Access

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Muscadine (FR 517) in GA

Road corridorChattahoochee-Oconee NFs

5.9 mi from Clayton

Maps 1,605 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 0.4 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, graded dirt the whole way.
  • Near Lion Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 100 ft over 0.4 miles, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 20%.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Lion Mountain stands 541 ft above the map pin, 0.7 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.
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Climate averages

October normals 47–71°F, 4.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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