Meadow Divide (FR 402) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, San Carlos Ranger District

20 mi from Colorado City

18 mi off I-25 (straight line)

Maps 9,005 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 8.6–9.1 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Motor-vehicle season 5/1–11/30Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi

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Difficult

All 12.9 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
Near Prayer Pole.
Estimated climb: 740 ft over 12.9 miles through 8 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 21%.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~120 ft on the downhill side.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Cattle guards 3.9 and 12.1 miles along the road.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Deer Lick Creek runs 0.9 mi off.
Saint Charles Peak stands 2,787 ft above the map pin, 7.4 miles northeast.

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 30–56°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Meadow Divide (FR 402) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access