Tuxbury (FR 121) in SC -- Camping Rules & Access

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Tuxbury (FR 121) in SC

Dispersed camping corridorFrancis Marion and Sumter NFs, Wambaw/Witherbee Ranger District

9.8 mi from Bonneau Beach

Maps 41 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 8.9 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

Rules

  • Your permit must be approved before you can go dispersed camping. … Submit your permits at least 5 business days ahead of your planned dispersed camping visit … 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
  • Campfires are not allowed if the state has issued a “Red Flag Warning” (Primitive camping with permit)
  • Camp at least 50 ft from water source or trail. (Primitive camping with permit)
  • Pack it in, Pack it out: pack out all trash and bury human waste (Primitive camping with permit)
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 55–77°F, 4.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.