BLM 858 — Calamity Mesa in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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BLM 858 — Calamity Mesa in CO

Road corridorBLM, Grand Junction

34 mi from Redlands

Maps 6,728 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

Bureau of Land Management default; a local order can restrict it.

BLM Grand Junction Field Office ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 30 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 0 of this road’s 6.7 miles are maintained only for low-range 4WD, 6.7 miles of it dirt.
  • Estimated climb: 410 ft over 6.7 miles through 5 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 18%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Wolf Hill stands 2,526 ft above the map pin, 7.1 miles northeast.

Rules

  • You must not camp longer than 14 days in any 30-day period, at any one location, including any campground on public land. After the 14 days have been reached, you must move at least 30 air miles away from the previously occupied location.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 36–64°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.