Name: Neal Shoals (FR 304) in SC
Address: Chester County, SC, US

Neal Shoals (FR 304) in SC

Dispersed camping corridorFrancis Marion and Sumter NFs

9.0 mi from Monarch Mill

Maps 544 ft

Designated sites only

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days

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Rough

All 2.8 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
Near Ophelias Dam.
Estimated climb: 120 ft over 2.8 miles through 3 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 15%.
Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
A river runs 0.7 mi off.
Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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

October normals 50–75°F, 3.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Neal Shoals (FR 304) in SC -- Camping Rules & Access