Rampart Range (FR 300) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Rampart Range (FR 300) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, Pikes Peak Ranger District

6.5 mi from Perry Park

0.2 mi off US 24 (straight line)

Maps 9,140 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Camping is limited to designated sites on part of this road; the exact stretch is not confirmed.

Pike-San Isabel National Forests ↗

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

Difficult
  • 13.1 of this road’s 52.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~150 ft on the downhill side.
  • Winds through 62 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Gates 0.2 and 60.6 miles along the road.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles 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.
  • On part of this corridor: Camping: Designated sites only.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 28–54°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.