Old Tower (FR 3312) in MI -- Camping Rules & Access

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Old Tower (FR 3312) in MI

Road corridorHiawatha NF, St. Ignace Ranger District

18 mi from Kincheloe

Maps 870 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Hiawatha National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · then move 5 mi
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Road Access

Easy
  • All 0.3 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, paved the whole way.
  • Near The Big Spring.
  • Estimated climb: 100 ft over 0.3 miles, with sustained grades near 14%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • The East Lake shoreline is 1.1 mi off.

Rules

  • Camping or leaving camping equipment (such as, but not limited to: tents, camper trailers and tarps) in the same location for longer than sixteen (16) consecutive days… Camping within fifty (50) feet of a body of water, unless otherwise posted.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 36–54°F, 4.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.