Cross Creek Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Cross Creek Rd in CO
Road corridorWhite River NF, Eagle Ranger District
9.8 mi from Gypsum
Maps 8,024 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
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT
Road Access
Rough
- Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
- Near Hardscrabble Mountain.
- By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
- Recorded as pitching to 16%, 33% of it on a shelf.
Setting
Secluded
- Secluded here, with the nearest through road 2.3 miles off.
- Erickson Ridge stands 1,953 ft above the map pin, 1.8 miles north.
- White Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
Rules
- Camping, unless in a Forest Service developed recreation site or designated dispersed site, within 100 feet of a body of water (such as a lake, stream, pond, river, wetland) or a National Forest System Trail. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(e)
- Camp at least 100 ft from body of water or national forest system trail; except at developed recreation site or designated dispersed site.
Climate averages
October normals 31–57°F, 1.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.