Upper Bad Creek (FR 429) in GA -- Camping Rules & Access

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Upper Bad Creek (FR 429) in GA

Road corridorChattahoochee-Oconee NFs

8.3 mi from Clayton

Maps 1,710 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

Moderate
  • All 0.4 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Rocky Mountain.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.5 miles off.
  • Rocky Mountain stands 634 ft above the map pin, 0.6 miles west.
  • 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 49–71°F, 4.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.