Medicine Bow (FR 516.0) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Medicine Bow (FR 516.0) in CO

Road corridorArapaho and Roosevelt NFs, Canyon Lakes Ranger District

37 mi from Laramie

Maps 9,017 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 4–5.1 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

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

Difficult
  • All 38.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • 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.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.7 miles off.
  • A pond lies 0.9 mi off.

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 24–50°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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