Rucker Pond (FR 916) in TX -- Camping Rules & Access

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Rucker Pond (FR 916) in TX

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9.8 mi from Alvord

Maps 904 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

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Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Moderate
  • All 1 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, graded dirt the whole way.
  • Near Soil Conservation Service Site 10d Dam.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.1 miles off.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • The Rucker Pond shoreline is 0.6 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 53–77°F, 4.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.