Sheffield Tower (FR 258) in PA

Road corridorAllegheny NF, Marienville Ranger District

8.1 mi from Kane

0.9 mi off US 6 (straight line)

Maps 1,869 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days

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Moderate

All 3 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, 2.7 miles of it graded dirt.
Near Hector Falls.
Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
A gate 2.1 miles along the road.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
East Branch Tionesta Creek runs 1.1 mi off.
Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

Camping or otherwise occupying Allegheny National Forest lands by any individual(s) for a period longer than fourteen days within a thirty day period.
Camping rules

October normals 37–59°F, 3.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Sheffield Tower (FR 258) in PA -- Camping Rules & Access