Williams Creek (FR 630) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Williams Creek (FR 630) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, San Carlos Ranger District

21 mi from Colorado City

18 mi off I-25 (straight line)

Maps 8,819 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Pike-San Isabel National Forests ↗

Motor-vehicle season 4/1–11/30Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Difficult
  • 3.2 of this road’s 9.2 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Blue Spring.
  • Winds through 10 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Cattle guards 1.3 and 6.3 miles along the road.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Deer Peak stands 2,754 ft above the map pin, 7.4 miles north.

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 31–57°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.