Sawmill CR (FR 620.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Sawmill CR (FR 620.1) in CO

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Parks Ranger District

11 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 8,904 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
  • 1.6 of this road’s 5.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Estimated climb: 710 ft over 5.9 miles through 3 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 25%.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Sawmill Lake lies 0.8 mi off.
  • Round Mountain stands 1,673 ft above the map pin, 3.7 miles northwest.

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
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 27–50°F, 3.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.