White Oak Gap (FR 244) in GA -- Camping Rules & Access

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White Oak Gap (FR 244) in GA

Road corridorChattahoochee-Oconee NFs

7.9 mi from Cleveland

2.4 mi off US 129 (straight line)

Maps 2,000 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
  • 3.9 of this road’s 5.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 5.7 miles of it gravel.
  • Near Duke Creek Falls.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~170 ft on the downhill side.
  • Winds through 8 switchbacks.
  • A water crossing 0.9 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road between mile 0.6 and mile 5.6: 5 mapped spots.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.1 miles off.
  • Stony Knob stands 894 ft above the map pin, 0.8 miles north.
  • Dodd Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
  • 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.
  • Camping rules

Climate averages

October normals 47–70°F, 5.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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