Tray Mountain (FR 79) in GA -- Camping Rules & Access

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Tray Mountain (FR 79) in GA

Road corridorChattahoochee-Oconee NFs

8.7 mi from Cleveland

Maps 1,492 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 2.9–3.8 and 14.5–15.8 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest ↗

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

Rough
  • 6.6 of this road’s 16 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, gravel the whole way.
  • Estimated climb: 2,700 ft over 16 miles through 9 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 34%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~170 ft on the downhill side.

Known camping along this road between mile 5.3 and mile 14: 6 mapped spots.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
  • Rice Cabin Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Crumbly Knob stands 1,517 ft above the map pin, 1.9 miles north.
  • 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 47–71°F, 5.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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