BLM 5679 — Tenderfoot Hill in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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BLM 5679 — Tenderfoot Hill in CO

Road corridorBLM, Royal Gorge

2.2 mi from Salida

Maps 7,511 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
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AT&TSTRONG
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StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Rough
  • All 0.4 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, 0 miles of it graded dirt.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Big Baldy Mountain stands 3,235 ft above the map pin, 5.1 miles east.
  • Williams Hamm Ditch runs 1.0 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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 32–64°F, 0.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.