Signal Peak Powerline Road (BLM 3211) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Signal Peak Powerline Road (BLM 3211) in CO

Road corridorBLM, Gunnison

2.0 mi from Gunnison

Maps 7,887 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 22.4 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Estimated climb: 5,700 ft over 22.4 miles through 8 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 22% and pitches to 30%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Cattle guards 1.6 and 3.5 miles along the road.
  • Gates 10.5 and 19.6 miles along the road.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
  • Signal Peak stands 1,124 ft above the map pin, 2.0 miles northeast.

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.