Co Rd 82E in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Co Rd 82E in CO

Road corridorArapaho and Roosevelt NFs, Canyon Lakes Ranger District

9.8 mi from Estes Park

Maps 8,480 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · No more than 30 days in any 365-day period
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Road Access

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • Near Bright Trailhead.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 12%, 10% of it on a shelf.
  • Estimated climb: 10 ft, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 13%.

Known camping along this road at mile 0: .

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 2.1 miles off.
  • Mount Meeker stands 5,406 ft above the map pin, 6.6 miles west.
  • North Saint Vrain Creek runs 1.1 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

Rules

  • You may camp within 300 feet of most Forest Service Roads and some Larimer County Roads as long as you are on National Forest System lands.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 30–53°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.