BLM 5678 — Tenderfoot Hill in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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BLM 5678 — Tenderfoot Hill in CO

Road corridorBLM, Royal Gorge

1.2 mi from Salida

Maps 7,228 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

Bureau of Land Management default; a local order can restrict it.

BLM Royal Gorge Field Office ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 30 mi
VerizonSTRONG
AT&TSTRONG
T-MobileSTRONG
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Rough
  • All 0.4 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, dirt the whole way.
  • Estimated climb: 190 ft over 0.4 miles, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 15%.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 5, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
  • Methodist Mountain stands 4,482 ft above the map pin, 6.7 miles south.
  • Arkansas River runs 0.4 mi off.

Rules

  • You must not camp longer than 14 days in any 30-day period, at any one location, including any campground on public land. … After the 14 days have been reached, you must move at least 30 air miles away from the previously occupied location.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 30–65°F, 0.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.