Mattocks (FR 606) in NC -- Camping Rules & Access

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Mattocks (FR 606) in NC

Road corridorNFs in North Carolina, Croatan Ranger District

12 mi from Brices Creek

Maps 37 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

Local restrictions may apply; check the land manager’s camping rules.

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Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Moderate
  • All 3.8 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, mostly gravel with 0.6 miles of dirt.
  • 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 1.6 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
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 54–75°F, 4.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.