Hidden Lakes (FR 20.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Hidden Lakes (FR 20.1) in CO
Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Parks Ranger District
11 mi from Steamboat Springs
Maps 9,013 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access
Difficult
- 0.5 of this road’s 12.6 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0.5 miles of dirt.
- Near White Slide.
- Winds through 3 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Known camping along this road at mile 12.2: 1 mapped spot.
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
- Colorado Creek runs 0.2 mi off.
- Rabbit Ears Peak stands 1,589 ft above the map pin, 2.9 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.
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 25–51°F, 2.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.