S River Rd in CO

Road corridorBLM, Uncompahgre

7.1 mi from Hotchkiss

Maps 5,340 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

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

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 30 mi

VerizonWEAK

AT&TNONE

T-MobileUSABLE

StarlinkEXCELLENT

Rough

Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
Near Gunnison Forks Picnic Area.
By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
Recorded as pitching to 20%, 100% of it on a shelf.
Estimated climb: 740 ft, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 20%.
Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road between mile 1.4 and mile 5.1: .

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
Gunnison River runs 0.3 mi off.
Mount Lamborn stands 6,061 ft above the map pin, 17 miles east.

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.

October normals 36–68°F, 1.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

S River Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access