Upper Lake (FR 811) in LA -- Camping Rules & Access
Upper Lake (FR 811) in LA
Road corridorKisatchie NF, Caney Ranger District
4.1 mi from Minden
Maps 207 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Motor-vehicle season 4/1–9/30Stay limit: 30 days · then move 5 road mi · No more than 30 days
VerizonWEAK
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkFAIR
Road Access
Moderate
- 0.3 of this road’s 4.2 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly paved with 0.2 miles of gravel.
- Near Upper Caney Dam.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Winds through 11 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.9 miles off.
- The Caney Lakes shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
- Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 53–78°F, 4.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.