Mongold Gap (FR 778) in SC -- Camping Rules & Access
Mongold Gap (FR 778) in SC
Dispersed camping corridorFrancis Marion and Sumter NFs, Andrew Pickens Ranger District
10 mi from Walhalla
Maps 1,867 ft
Designated sites only
Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests ↗
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access
Rough
- All 3.2 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
- Near Callas Mountain.
- Winds through 8 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.8 miles off.
- A reservoir lies 0.7 mi off.
- Callas Mountain stands 543 ft above the map pin, 1.3 miles north.
Rules
- Camping except at developed campgrounds or other designated camping areas. [36 CFR 261.58(e)] (see exemption 3)…On the Andrew Pickens Ranger District, camping may occur in any area at least 50 feet away from any lakes or streams, and which is at least 50 feet away from maintained trails, and also which is more than one quarter mile of any roadway
- 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.
- Food storage: Food storage required. (Andrew Pickens Ranger District: all dispersed camping locations plus Burrells Ford, Cherry Hill, Grapevine, Whetstone, L)
- 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)
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 46–70°F, 4.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.