Cavender Gap (FR 236) in GA

Road corridorChattahoochee-Oconee NFs

16 mi from Blue Ridge

Maps 2,181 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · Then leave the forest

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Rough

2.8 of this road’s 3.6 miles are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
Near Cooper Creek Scenic Area.
Estimated climb: 610 ft over 3.6 miles through 6 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 21%.

Known camping along this road at mile 1: .

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Soapstone Branch runs 0.1 mi off.
Beebait Knob stands 970 ft above the map pin, 1.1 miles northwest.

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

October normals 45–70°F, 4.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Cavender Gap (FR 236) in GA -- Camping Rules & Access