Cross Country (FR 5650) in ID -- Camping Rules & Access

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Cross Country (FR 5650) in ID

Road corridorNez Perce-Clearwater NF, Lochsa/Powell Ranger District

30 mi from Florence

Maps 5,375 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–9.8, 10.1–12.7, 13.9–16.4 and 17.2–19.5 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · 28 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 4.8 of this road’s 21.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 19.1 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Parachute Hill.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~170 ft on the downhill side.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
  • Winds through 31 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A gate 2.6 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road at mile 3.2: 1 mapped spot.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Rocky Point stands 901 ft above the map pin, 2.1 miles northeast.

Rules

  • National Forests in Idaho and Dakota Prairie National Grasslands:…Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 14 consecutive days within a calendar year.…Camping or otherwise occupying any number of sites over 28 cumulative days within a calendar year.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 26–50°F, 3.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.