John Meador (FR 310) in SC -- Camping Rules & Access
John Meador (FR 310) in SC
Dispersed camping corridorFrancis Marion and Sumter NFs
6.5 mi from Monarch Mill
Maps 484 ft
Designated sites only
Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests ↗
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkPOOR
Road Access
Moderate
- All 1.2 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, gravel the whole way.
- Near Woods Ferry Recreation Area.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Dead-ends 0.4 miles in at a mapped turnaround.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.9 miles off.
- Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
- A river runs 0.5 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
Climate averages
October normals 49–74°F, 3.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.