Chance Gulch Rd (BLM 3068) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Chance Gulch Rd (BLM 3068) in CO

Road corridorBLM, Gunnison

2.6 mi from Gunnison

Maps 7,723 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

Bureau of Land Management default; a local order can restrict it.

BLM Gunnison Field Office ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 30 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 9.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Pioneer Museum.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.9 miles off.
  • Tomichi Creek runs 0.2 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
  • Tenderfoot Mountain stands 904 ft above the map pin, 1.8 miles southwest.

Rules

  • You must not camp longer than 14 days in any 30-day period, at any one location, including any campground on public land. … After the 14 days have been reached, you must move at least 30 air miles away from the previously occupied location.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 23–59°F, 0.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.