Wisemans View (FR 458) in NC -- Camping Rules & Access

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Wisemans View (FR 458) in NC

Road corridorNFs in North Carolina

8.9 mi from Spruce Pine

Maps 3,528 ft

No overnight camping

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Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Moderate
  • All 0.4 miles of this road are maintained for passenger-car comfort, gravel the whole way.
  • Estimated climb: 10 ft over 0.4 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 14%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Linville Mountain stands 531 ft above the map pin, 0.8 miles north.
  • Linville River runs 0.6 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

Rules

  • Camping rules (National Forest System Road #458 from the Kistler Memorial Highway to the Wiseman's View parking lot) Motor vehicle use off the road for dispersed camping is permitted within 200 feet of the road. Camping more than 200 feet from the road is not covered by this order.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 40–63°F, 4.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.