Platte Access (FR 896.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Platte Access (FR 896.1) in CO
Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Parks Ranger District
41 mi from Steamboat Springs
Maps 7,866 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
Rough
- All 0.5 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, dirt the whole way.
- Near Badger Mine.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
- A cattle guard at the start of the road.
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
- A lake lies 0.5 mi off.
- Independence Mountain stands 1,934 ft above the map pin, 5.3 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 24–56°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.