Sevenmile Creek (FR 225.0) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access in Colorado

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Sevenmile Creek (FR 225.0) in CO

Road corridorArapaho and Roosevelt NFs, Canyon Lakes Ranger District

26 mi from Estes Park

Maps 8,902 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Motor-vehicle season 6/15–4/15Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · No more than 30 days in any 365-day period
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 17.7 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Profile Rock.
  • Estimated climb: 6,600 ft over 17.7 miles through 9 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 23%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

1 known camp spot along this road, at mile 5.4: mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.7 miles off.
  • Mount Hughes stands 1,948 ft above the map pin, 2.1 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

September normals 3764°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.