Keechelus Frontage (FR 4832000) in WA -- Camping Rules & Access
Keechelus Frontage (FR 4832000) in WA
Road corridorOkanogan-Wenatchee NF
18 mi from Riverbend
Maps 2,542 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 1–1.5 and 5.4–6.2 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest ↗
Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · 28 days total per calendar year · Then leave the forest for 30 days
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Road Access
Difficult
- 0.6 of this road’s 9.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0.6 miles of dirt.
- Near Gold Creek Trailhead.
- Estimated climb: 1,100 ft over 9.9 miles through 6 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 15%.
- Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~100 ft on the downhill side.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
- Gates 0.1 and 9.1 miles along the road.
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Rampart Ridge stands 3,295 ft above the map pin, 1.9 miles northeast.
- Gold Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
Climate averages
October normals 39–53°F, 10.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.