Gardner (FR 634) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, San Carlos Ranger District

22 mi from Colorado City

14 mi off US 160 (straight line)

Maps 8,814 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 1.1–1.7 and 3.3–7.6 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Motor-vehicle season 4/1–11/30Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi

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Difficult

1.1 of this road’s 15 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 10.5 miles of it dirt.
Near Blue Spring.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Gates 1.3 and 10.5 miles along the road, signed private.
Cattle guards 2.3, 3.3, 7.6, 11.4 and 14.5 miles along the road.
A gate 7.9 miles along the road.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.

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.
Camping rules

October normals 30–58°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Gardner (FR 634) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access