Co Rd 423 in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Co Rd 423 in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, San Carlos Ranger District

25 mi from Walsenburg

Maps 8,573 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 Spring Creek Trailhead.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 12%, 100% of it on a shelf.
  • Estimated climb: 700 ft, with sustained grades near 24% and pitches to 26%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Middle White Peak stands 1,761 ft above the map pin, 1.4 miles east.
  • Spring Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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 33–58°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.