Pingree Park Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Pingree Park Rd in CO

Road corridorArapaho and Roosevelt NFs, Canyon Lakes Ranger District

15 mi from Estes Park

Maps 8,985 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 ↗

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.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 10%, 100% of it on a shelf.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~120 ft on the downhill side.
  • Winds through 4 switchbacks.

Known camping along this road at mile 6.3: .

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • South Fork Cache la Poudre River runs 0.2 mi off.
  • Stormy Peaks stands 3,128 ft above the map pin, 3.7 miles south.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 29–53°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.