N.P. Green Ridge (FR 720.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
N.P. Green Ridge (FR 720.1) in CO
Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Parks Ranger District
30 mi from Steamboat Springs
Maps 8,702 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 0–3.1 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗
Motor-vehicle season 5/1–12/1Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
VerizonWEAK
AT&TWEAK
T-MobileUSABLE
StarlinkEXCELLENT
Road Access
Difficult
- All 5.2 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Near Aspen Knoll.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.4 miles off.
- A reservoir lies 1.1 mi off.
- Red Hill stands 2,751 ft above the map pin, 6.3 miles southwest.
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 23–52°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.