Fourmile Creek (FR 328.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access in Colorado

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Fourmile Creek (FR 328.1) in CO

Road corridorArapaho and Roosevelt NFs, Boulder Ranger District

5.4 mi from Nederland

Maps 9,194 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Motor-vehicle season 5/15–12/1Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · no more than 30 days in any 365-day period; also 14 days · within 30 days · No more than 30 days in any 365-day period
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 1.8 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 1.5 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Dolly Varden Mine.
  • Estimated climb: 80 ft over 1.8 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 16%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

1 known camp spot along this road, at mile 0: reported by travellers.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
  • Niwot Mountain stands 2,277 ft above the map pin, 1.9 miles northwest.
  • A pond lies 0.9 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

September normals 3965°F, 1.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.