Pennsylvania Gulch Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Pennsylvania Gulch Rd in CO
Road corridorArapaho and Roosevelt NFs, Boulder Ranger District
4.8 mi from Nederland
Maps 8,336 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 Dolly Varden Mine.
- By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
- Recorded as pitching to 30%, 100% of it on a shelf.
- Estimated climb: 600 ft, with sustained grades near 30% and pitches to 43%.
- Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~110 ft on the downhill side.
- Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- Niwot Mountain stands 3,135 ft above the map pin, 4.3 miles northwest.
- The Glacier Lake shoreline is 1.1 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 33–55°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.