Cora (FR 457) in SC -- Camping Rules & Access

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Cora (FR 457) in SC

Dispersed camping corridorFrancis Marion and Sumter NFs

10 mi from Whitmire

Maps 418 ft

Designated sites only

Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests ↗

Motor-vehicle season 9/2–3/14Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
VerizonWEAK
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkPOOR

Road Access

Moderate
  • All 0.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, gravel the whole way.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.1 miles off.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • Broad River runs 0.8 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

Rules

  • 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 50–75°F, 3.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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