Manhattan Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Manhattan Rd in CO

Dispersed camping corridorArapaho and Roosevelt NFs, Canyon Lakes Ranger District

25 mi from Laporte

Maps 8,471 ft

Designated sites only

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · No more than 30 days in any 365-day period
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Road Access

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • Near Prohibition Mountain.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 10%, 30% of it on a shelf.
  • Winds through 4 switchbacks.
  • A cattle guard 3.7 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road between mile 1.6 and mile 3.6: 1 mapped spot.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Prohibition Mountain stands 619 ft above the map pin, 0.6 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
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 29–52°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.