Co Rd 21H in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Co Rd 21H in CO

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Parks Ranger District

29 mi from Estes Park

Maps 9,983 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • Near Owl Mountain.
  • Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, dirt, pitching to 20%.
  • Estimated climb: 0 ft, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 20%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road at mile 1.8: .

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Owl Mountain stands 965 ft above the map pin, 1.4 miles south.
  • Fairport Reservoir lies 0.9 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.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 24–47°F, 2.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.