N Chicken Park (FR 181) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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N Chicken Park (FR 181) in CO

Road corridorArapaho and Roosevelt NFs, Canyon Lakes Ranger District

27 mi from Laporte

Maps 8,114 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

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
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 17.3 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Many Thunders Mountain.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Winds through 21 switchbacks.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.4 miles off.
  • The Creedmore Lakes shoreline is 0.8 mi off.
  • Black Mountain stands 1,836 ft above the map pin, 3.6 miles west.

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 28–53°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.