Camp Creek (FR 895.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Camp Creek (FR 895.1) in CO
Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Parks Ranger District
42 mi from Saratoga
Maps 8,360 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗
Motor-vehicle season 6/1–12/1Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access
Difficult
- 11.2 of this road’s 17.6 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Estimated climb: 1,900 ft over 17.6 miles through 7 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 24%.
- Dead-ends 1.1 miles in at a mapped turnaround.
- A gate 0.9 miles along the road.
- A cattle guard 15.5 miles along the road.
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- North Platte River runs 0.4 mi off.
Rules
- Dispersed camping is limited to 16 days in the Medicine Bow Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland and 14 days in the Routt Forest in a 30 day period. If you continue camping after 30 days, you must move at least 3 miles from your current site. Dispersed camping is allowed, except where the area is posted closed, within 200 feet of any developed road, trail, picnic area, water source and trailhead, as well as ¼ mile from campgrounds.
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 25–52°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.