High Dr in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
High Dr in CO
Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, Pikes Peak Ranger District
3.6 mi from Manitou Springs
Maps 7,290 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
Rough
- Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
- Near Mays Peak.
- By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
- Recorded as pitching to 16%, 100% of it on a shelf.
- Estimated climb: 530 ft, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 19%.
- Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~140 ft on the downhill side.
- Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.8 miles off.
- Mount Buckhorn stands 1,048 ft above the map pin, 0.5 miles south.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 5, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
- Hunters Run runs 0.9 mi off.
Rules
Climate averages
October normals 37–60°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.