Long Draw (FR 156.0) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access in Colorado

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Long Draw (FR 156.0) in CO

Dispersed camping corridorArapaho and Roosevelt NFs, Canyon Lakes Ranger District

23 mi from Estes Park

Maps 9,525 ft

Designated sites only

Motor-vehicle season 7/1–11/30Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · No more than 30 days in any 365-day period
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Difficult
  • 6.3 of this road’s 46.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 7.4 miles of dirt.
  • Near Bald Mountain.
  • Winds through 30 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A gate 0.7 miles along the road.

3 known camp spots along this road, between mile 2 and mile 19.6: reported by travellers.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Joe Wright Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Clark Peak stands 3,426 ft above the map pin, 4.3 miles northwest.

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.
  • Camping rules
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

September normals 3263°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.