Mesa (FR 900) in TX -- Camping Rules & Access in Texas
Mesa (FR 900) in TX
Road corridorNFs in Texas
6.6 mi from Alvord
Maps 973 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Motor-vehicle season 1/1–3/31Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access
Moderate
- 1.6 of this road’s 8.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0.6 miles of dirt.
- Near Soil Conservation Service Site 12 Dam.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Winds through 6 switchbacks.
- Dead-ends 0.1 miles in at a mapped turnaround.
4 known camp spots along this road, between mile 4.7 and mile 8.4: reported by travellers.
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- A reservoir lies 0.1 mi off.
- Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
September normals 64–87°F, 3.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.