Haystack Gulch (BLM 3233) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Haystack Gulch (BLM 3233) in CO

Road corridorBLM, Gunnison

14 mi from Gunnison

Maps 7,826 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 16.7 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Estimated climb: 5,600 ft over 16.7 miles, with sustained grades near 20% and pitches to 29%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A cattle guard 7.8 miles along the road.
  • Gates 12.2 and 13.1 miles along the road.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Tenderfoot Hill stands 1,420 ft above the map pin, 3.6 miles northwest.

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 24–59°F, 0.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.