S Platte River Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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S Platte River Rd in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, South Platte Ranger District

11 mi from Roxborough Park

Maps 6,286 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

Moderate
  • Road difficulty 2 of 5: a moderate drive in.
  • Near Scraggy View Picnic Area.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 4%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Long Scraggy Peak stands 2,454 ft above the map pin, 2.2 miles north.
  • South Platte River runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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 35–65°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.