Clear Creek (FR 390) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Clear Creek (FR 390) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, Leadville Ranger District

19 mi from Buena Vista

Maps 10,239 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Pike-San Isabel National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 4.2 of this road’s 11.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 4.2 miles of dirt.
  • Near Cross Mountain.

Known camping along this road between mile 2.3 and mile 6.4: .

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Ervin Peak stands 3,284 ft above the map pin, 1.3 miles north.
  • North Fork Clear Creek runs 0.1 mi off.

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 28–50°F, 2.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.