Griffith in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Griffith in CO
Road corridorArapaho and Roosevelt NFs, Clear Creek Ranger District
1.2 mi from Georgetown
Maps 10,987 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests ↗
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · no more than 30 days in any 365-day period
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Road Access
Difficult
- Road difficulty 4 of 5: a difficult drive in.
- Near Woodchuck Peak.
- Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 12%.
- Estimated climb: 30 ft, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 13%.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.3 miles off.
- Griffith Mountain stands 587 ft above the map pin, 0.5 miles south.
- Clear Creek runs 1.1 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 22–47°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.