Guard Camp (FR 87) in GA -- Camping Rules & Access

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Guard Camp (FR 87) in GA

Road corridorChattahoochee-Oconee NFs

4.3 mi from Mount Airy

1.1 mi off US 123 (straight line)

Maps 1,000 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
  • 0.9 of this road’s 6.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0.6 miles of graded dirt.
  • Near Farmer Mountain.
  • A water crossing at the start of the road.
  • A gate 1.3 miles along the road.

Setting

Secluded
  • Secluded here, with the nearest through road 2.2 miles off.
  • Kimbell Creek runs 0.7 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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 50–73°F, 4.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.