Bethel (FR 512) in SC -- Camping Rules & Access
Bethel (FR 512) in SC
Dispersed camping corridorFrancis Marion and Sumter NFs, Long Cane Ranger District
4.2 mi from Abbeville
Maps 513 ft
Designated sites only
Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests ↗
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access
Easy
- All 0.4 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
- Near Long Cane Scenic Area.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
- Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
- A river runs 0.6 mi off.
Rules
- Visitors who wish to disperse camp on the Long Cane, Enoree or Francis Marion ranger districts need to complete free permit below. ... RV and car camping are not allowed as dispersed camping. Camps should be at least 50 feet from water and trails, and 1/2 mile from any road or parking lot.
- Permit: Permit required. (Long Cane, Enoree and Francis Marion ranger districts (dispersed camping))
- Camping rules (Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests (forest-wide, all roads)) On the Andrew Pickens Ranger District, camping is allowed more than one quarter mile from any road and at least 50 feet from lakes, streams and maintained trails; On the Long Cane, Enoree and Francis Marion districts, primitive camping with a free permit at least one half mile from any road or parking lot.
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 50–75°F, 3.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.