Sweet Water Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Sweet Water Rd in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, Pikes Peak Ranger District

6.9 mi from Manitou Springs

Maps 8,024 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 Saint Peters Dome.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 22%, 100% of it on a shelf.
  • Estimated climb: 500 ft, with sustained grades near 20% and pitches to 33%.
  • 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 0.9 miles off.
  • Saint Peters Dome stands 1,619 ft above the map pin, 0.8 miles southwest.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.

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 30–57°F, 1.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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