Ludlow Branch (FR 561) in SC

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

8.4 mi from McCormick

Maps 414 ft

Designated sites only

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days

VerizonNONE

AT&TNONE

T-MobileNONE

StarlinkFAIR

Rough

All 2.1 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
Near Long Cane Creek Picnic Area.
Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
Winds through 3 switchbacks.
Dead-ends 0.6 miles in at a mapped turnaround.

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.

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

October normals 51–76°F, 3.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Ludlow Branch (FR 561) in SC -- Camping Rules & Access