Chicken Foot Lake Road (FR 2262) in WI -- Camping Rules & Access

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Chicken Foot Lake Road (FR 2262) in WI

Road corridorChequamegon-Nicolet NF, Lakewood-Laona Ranger District

26 mi from Crandon

Maps 1,359 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 2.2–4.1 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 4/1–11/30Stay limit: 21 days · within 28 days · then move 1 road mi
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkFAIR

Road Access

Difficult
  • 4.4 of this road’s 5.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly graded dirt with 2 miles of dirt.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Winds through 3 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.3 miles off.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.

Rules

  • Dispersed camping within one quarter mile of a developed recreation site is prohibited.
  • Camp at least 1320 ft from developed recreation site. (Dispersed camping on Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest lands in the Lakewood-Laona Ranger District)
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 34–55°F, 3.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.