Riceground Branch (FR 3014) in NC -- Camping Rules & Access
Riceground Branch (FR 3014) in NC
Road corridorNFs in North Carolina, Croatan Ranger District
6.0 mi from Cape Carteret
Maps 30 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
Local restrictions may apply; check the land manager’s camping rules.
National Forests in North Carolina ↗
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access
Easy
- All 2.3 miles of this road are maintained for passenger-car comfort, gravel the whole way.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 2.0 miles off.
- Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Rules
- The following acts are prohibited on the Pisgah, Nantahala, Uwharrie and Croatan National Forests:…Camping or maintaining a campsite in excess of 14 days within any 30 day time period, unless the campsite has been posted with different stay limits by the Forest Service. 36 CFR 261.58(a).
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 56–75°F, 4.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.