Onion Park (FR 609.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Onion Park (FR 609.1) in CO
Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Parks Ranger District
33 mi from Steamboat Springs
Maps 9,037 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 15.4–16.7 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗
Motor-vehicle season 6/15–12/1Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT
Road Access
Difficult
- 8.5 of this road’s 18.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 12.1 miles of it dirt.
- Near Seven Lakes.
- Winds through 18 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- The Big Creek Lakes shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
- Red Elephant Mountain stands 2,533 ft above the map pin, 3.9 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 26–48°F, 3.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.