Browns Creek (FR 272) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Browns Creek (FR 272) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, Salida Ranger District

12 mi from Salida

Maps 8,960 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Pike-San Isabel National Forests ↗

Motor-vehicle season 4/17–11/30Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 7.3 of this road’s 10.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 7.3 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Wagon Loop Trail.
  • Winds through 5 switchbacks.
  • A gate 1 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road between mile 5.6 and mile 7.5: .

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.3 miles off.
  • Jones Peak stands 4,632 ft above the map pin, 3.8 miles west.

Rules

  • Camping within 100 feet of a body of water (such as a lake, stream, pond, or river) unless in a Forest Service developed recreation site or designated dispersed site.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 30–57°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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