Ray Creek (FR 652) in SC -- Camping Rules & Access

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Ray Creek (FR 652) in SC

Dispersed camping corridorFrancis Marion and Sumter NFs, Long Cane Ranger District

10 mi from Evans

Maps 260 ft

Designated sites only

Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Moderate
  • 0.3 of this road’s 1.6 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, gravel the whole way.
  • Near Wall Pond Dam D-1691.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.7 miles off.
  • Ray Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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
  • 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 52–77°F, 2.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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