Gillespie Branch (FR 287) in GA -- Camping Rules & Access

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Gillespie Branch (FR 287) in GA

Road corridorChattahoochee-Oconee NFs

10 mi from Young Harris

Maps 1,995 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 2.2 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, gravel the whole way.
  • Near Bowers Mountain.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
  • Winds through 3 switchbacks.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.8 miles off.
  • Bowers Mountain stands 1,192 ft above the map pin, 1.0 miles southwest.
  • 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.
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Climate averages

October normals 46–70°F, 4.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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