Dutch Gulch Rd (BLM 3032) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Dutch Gulch Rd (BLM 3032) in CO

Road corridorBLM, Gunnison

24 mi from Gunnison

Maps 8,981 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 6.7 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Indian Point.
  • Estimated climb: 1,300 ft over 6.7 miles through 3 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 22% and pitches to 28%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Water crossings 4 and 5.2 miles along the road.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.9 miles off.
  • West Fork Indian Creek runs 0.7 mi off.
  • Calf Creek Plateau stands 3,669 ft above the map pin, 9.7 miles south.

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 30–56°F, 1.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.