Canal Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Canal Rd in CO

Road corridorBLM, Grand Junction

5.9 mi from Palisade

Maps 4,804 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.

BLM Grand Junction Field Office ↗

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

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • Near Beavertail Mountain.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 30%, 100% of it on a shelf.
  • Estimated climb: 620 ft, with sustained grades near 30% and pitches to 111%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~300 ft on the downhill side.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Chalk Mountain stands 3,281 ft above the map pin, 5.3 miles southeast.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 42–68°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.