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A closure has been announced

埼玉県 森林管理道(林道)の通行制限情報(秩父農林振興センター管内) as of 2026-07-24, states the following about this forest road: “全面通行止め(closed to all traffic)”.

Section全線(秩父市上吉田地内~吉田石間地内)
Reason法面崩落及び路肩崩落のため
Until当面の間(until further notice)

Source: 埼玉県 森林管理道(林道)の通行制限情報(秩父農林振興センター管内) (as of 2026-07-24) / We have not verified this ourselves. We quote the published wording as it stands.

Where this forest road is

林道明ヶ平沢戸線
Nearby forest roads (select one to open its page)
Both ends

Map: GSI Tiles (GSI Japan) / Forest road data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) / Municipality and elevation: GSI Japan (elevation calculated by us)

Data

Municipality埼玉県秩父市
Nearby place name: 上吉田
Length6.14 km
Calculated by joining the OpenStreetMap line segments.
Elevation320m–589m
Lowest and highest points (difference 269m). Sampled every 50 m.
Coordinates of both ends 36.07305, 138.96462 GSI Maps / Google Maps
36.07842, 138.98399 GSI Maps / Google Maps
1.84 km apart in a straight line. This road is recorded as 6 separate line segments, so there is no way to say which end is the start
Surfaceasphalt
This is the value recorded in OpenStreetMap. It may differ from what you find on site.
Road classificationunclassified (OpenStreetMap classification)
OpenStreetMapway/138340536 way/138342079 way/138342852 way/138345895 way/1227100019 way/1227100020

Accommodation and bathhouses within 3 km

NameTypeStraight-line distanceMap
かおる鉱泉Rakuten TravelHotel / ryokan879mGSI Maps / Google Maps
吉田元気村Bathhouse1.0kmGSI Maps / Google Maps

“Rakuten Travel” buttons are affiliate advertising: bookings made through them earn this site a commission. Which places appear, and in what order, is decided by distance alone. A missing button only means we could not find the place on Rakuten Travel — it does not mean it is closed.

Only places found in OpenStreetMap or on Rakuten Travel appear here. There are very likely more nearby — this table is not a complete list. Names and locations are collected mechanically from those two sources (huts and campsites from OpenStreetMap, bookable inns from Rakuten Travel). The distance is a straight line from the road, not a route you can ride (500 m across a valley may be unreachable). We do not know whether a place is open, takes guests, or lets you bathe — neither availability nor rates were checked. Emergency huts and university lodges are excluded. "onsen" appears only where bath:type=onsen is mapped; its absence does not mean the water is not hot-spring water.

Dams within 5 km

NameOperatorStraight-line distanceMap
合角ダム1.2kmGSI Maps / Google Maps

These dams are mapped in OpenStreetMap. The distance is a straight line from the road, not a route you can ride. We do not know whether you can get close — many dams sit behind maintenance roads that are closed to the public. Check dams (sabo dams) and weirs are excluded: they are flood-control structures and some are dangerous to approach. OpenStreetMap does not record whether a dam is a check dam, so to avoid listing one by mistake we keep only dams with a known operator, an encyclopaedia entry, or an official website. Some real dams are missed as a result.

Whether you can ride it is not stated here

Traffic restriction — quoted exactly as 埼玉県 森林管理道(林道)の通行制限情報(秩父農林振興センター管内) publishes it. It was published on 2026-07-24. The state of a forest road changes with every storm and every landslide. Before you set out, always check the source and the signs on site.

What is on this page — a location, a name, and quotations of what others have published or written. None of it has been verified by us on the ground. Conditions may have changed since anything here was quoted.

Forest roads were not built for recreational driving