Teal Lake (FR 615.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Teal Lake (FR 615.1) in CO
Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Parks Ranger District
15 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
- 4.8 of this road’s 10.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 4.8 miles of dirt.
- Near Rock Dam.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Winds through 8 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Known camping along this road between mile 4.6 and mile 10.6: 2 mapped spots.
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Mount Ethel stands 3,024 ft above the map pin, 4.9 miles northwest.
- Whalen Creek runs 0.6 mi off.
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, 2.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.