BLM land near the Bay Area?

[nhgaudreau]

Hey guys,

So I went ahead and bought some BLM surface area maps for around the Bay Area to see if there's any nearby places I can shoot, but frankly those maps aren't the easiest to understand (at least for me). Is there an easier way to find these public lands where I'm allowed to shoot? Has anyone come up with a shooter-friendly map? Thanks!

Nolan

[caligundude]

I agree . I gave up trying to read them .

[patrickcondon22]

I've been looking to find some BLM land to shoot as well. A shooter friendly map would be great!

[Rider1k]

call the BLM and ask

[formulad97]

That was helpful, good thing you were here to solve that problem.

[Raider510]

Closest land that I know of is Panoche hills off I-5 south of Patterson, about 120-150 miles from bay area.

[spamsucker]

behind cache creek or panoche are the closest places.

[nhgaudreau]

Closest land that I know of is Panoche hills off I-5 south of Patterson, about 120-150 miles from bay area.

That's not too bad of a drive I suppose. Maybe I'll try that out. Thanks.

behind cache creek or panoche are the closest places.

Is there a range behind cache creek or some of this BLM land? Thanks.

[nhgaudreau]

I've been looking to find some BLM land to shoot as well. A shooter friendly map would be great!

Yeah, if someone that knows these BLM maps really well spent a little time on Google Maps, they could probably map it out fairly easily.

[SuperX]

Anyone have some specific directions for this place ? Have not been there since the '90's ... would like to take my boy out to shoot there. Anyone ?

Closest land that I know of is Panoche hills off I-5 south of Patterson, about 120-150 miles from bay area.

[nhgaudreau]

Anyone have some specific directions for this place ? Have not been there since the '90's ... would like to take my boy out to shoot there. Anyone ?

I believe this is the area he's referring to: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=panoc...m&z=11&iwloc=A

I double-checked with the BLM website and it looks like that's the spot you'll want to go to. You'll want to confirm that before driving out there obviously :-D

[mudbud]

Depeding on where you are in the bay area there are a few place to shoot either on BLM land or on national forest land

The drive would be the killer to some

Cow mountain rec area

KNoxville rec area

Lake Pillsbury


All the above are fairly primitive

cow has a range for up to and around 300
+- yards


knoxville is kinda eh

Lake pilsbury is a longer poke range is at the end of the run way.


Depending on your mode of transportation and types of firearms your going to use cow is the best bet for most


They are all accessed by dirt roads

Winter access is limited to higher clearance vehicles

Simple google search will point you in the right direction

[nhgaudreau]

Awesome, thanks!

Depeding on where you are in the bay area there are a few place to shoot either on BLM land or on national forest land

The drive would be the killer to some

Cow mountain rec area

KNoxville rec area

Lake Pillsbury


All the above are fairly primitive

cow has a range for up to and around 300
+- yards


knoxville is kinda eh

Lake pilsbury is a longer poke range is at the end of the run way.


Depending on your mode of transportation and types of firearms your going to use cow is the best bet for most


They are all accessed by dirt roads

Winter access is limited to higher clearance vehicles

Simple google search will point you in the right direction

[Jack1939]

Knoxville is a no target shooting only hunting area

[mudbud]

good to know about knoxville that has changed apparently back in 2006

http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ca/pdf/ukiah.Par.49143.File.dat/Knoxville_closure_order.pdf

I have been up there with a 4wd club for a clean up at the old spot for range.

Never Personally have shot there just heard it mentioned

Usually tons of trash there

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http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ca/pdf/pdfs/ukiah_pdfs.Par.f90b3bbd.File.dat/North_Cow_Mtn.pdf

Map for north cow^^^^^^^^^

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/ukiah/maps_ukiah.html

more blm maps^^^^^^

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/ukiah/cowmtn.html

Blm info on cow moutain ^^^^^^^^^^^
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More info

Couldnt sleep so i decided to do a little research on what may or may not be closed etc


Dug this up about lake pilsbury basin

http://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/mendocino/alerts-notices/?cid=fsbdev3_004598&width=full

http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_004553.pdf