FS Rd 889 in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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FS Rd 889 in CO

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Parks Ranger District

39 mi from Laramie

Maps 8,637 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.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 14%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Pinkham Mountain rises 3.4 miles south.

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 25–51°F, 1.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.