Long Hollow (FR 348) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access in Colorado

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Long Hollow (FR 348) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, Pikes Peak Ranger District

10 mi from Perry Park

Maps 7,493 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Motor-vehicle season 4/1–11/30Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 6 of this road’s 8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Rainbow Falls OHV Trailhead.
  • Estimated climb: 1,300 ft over 8 miles through 17 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 41%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

1 known camp spot along this road, at mile 0.8: reported by travellers.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Fern Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Thunder Butte stands 2,317 ft above the map pin, 4.5 miles west.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

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

September normals 4272°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.