Co Rd 185 in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Co Rd 185 in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, Salida Ranger District

10 mi from Salida

Maps 9,964 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.

Pike-San Isabel National Forests ↗

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

Difficult
  • Road difficulty 4 of 5: a difficult drive in.
  • Near The Mascot.
  • Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 24%, 100% of it on a shelf.
  • Estimated climb: 1,500 ft, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 30%.
  • A water crossing 9.1 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road at mile 3: .

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Aspen Ridge stands 767 ft above the map pin, 1.0 miles northeast.
  • Hollenbeck Spring lies 1.1 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.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 27–51°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.