Flowers (FR 152.0) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Flowers (FR 152.0) in CO

Road corridorArapaho and Roosevelt NFs, Canyon Lakes Ranger District

18 mi from Estes Park

11 mi off US 287 (straight line)

Maps 8,340 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Camping is limited to designated sites on part of this road; the exact stretch is not confirmed.

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests ↗

Motor-vehicle season 6/15–11/30Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · No more than 30 days in any 365-day period
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkGOOD

Road Access

Difficult
  • 22.2 of this road’s 26.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 24 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Bedsprings.
  • Estimated climb: 4,000 ft over 26.8 miles through 22 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 23%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Gates 4.1, 10.8, 13.4 and 21 miles along the road.
  • A water crossing 12.5 miles along the road.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
  • Bedsprings Spring lies 0.1 mi off.
  • Comanche Peak stands 4,307 ft above the map pin, 9.0 miles southwest.

Rules

  • You may camp within 300 feet of most Forest Service Roads and some Larimer County Roads as long as you are on National Forest System lands.
  • On part of this corridor: Camping: Designated sites only.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 31–55°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.