Spiral Dr in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Spiral Dr in CO

Road corridorBLM, Royal Gorge

1.1 mi from Salida

Maps 7,305 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

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

BLM Royal Gorge Field Office ↗

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

Road Access

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • Near Tenderfoot Hill.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 8%, 50% of it on a shelf.
  • Winds through 3 switchbacks.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 5, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
  • Methodist Mountain stands 4,405 ft above the map pin, 6.6 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.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

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