Gold Lake Road (FR 5800500) in OR

Road corridorWillamette NF, Middle Fork Ranger District

22 mi from Oakridge

Maps 4,835 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Motor-vehicle season 5/20–11/1Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · No more than 50 days in any 365-day period

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Rough

0.3 of this road’s 2.6 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, gravel the whole way.
Near Gold Lake Day Use Area.
Winds through 4 switchbacks.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

2 known camp spots along this road, between mile 1 and mile 2: reported by travellers.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
The Gold Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
Mount Ray stands 2,169 ft above the map pin, 2.5 miles north.

Camping, occupying, or otherwise leaving camping equipment and/or related supplies at any locations on the Willamette National Forest described in this order, overnight, for a period longer than 14 calendar days, in a 30-day period.
Camping rules

September normals 40–69°F, 1.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Gold Lake Road (FR 5800500) in OR -- Camping Rules & Access in Oregon