Muddy Creek (FR 412) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Muddy Creek (FR 412) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, San Carlos Ranger District

33 mi from Colorado City

20 mi off US 160 (straight line)

Maps 9,541 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Pike-San Isabel National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 5.7 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Carbon Hill.
  • Winds through 8 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Water crossings 1.1, 2.1, 2.4, 2.7 and 3.6 miles along the road.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.7 miles off.
  • Huckleberry Mountain stands 1,410 ft above the map pin, 1.2 miles southwest.

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.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 27–54°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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