Horse Canyon Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Horse Canyon Rd in CO

Road corridorBLM, Grand Junction

8.7 mi from Palisade

Maps 5,252 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.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 30%, 50% of it on a shelf.
  • Estimated climb: 950 ft, with sustained grades near 20% and pitches to 39%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.9 miles off.
  • Plateau Creek runs 0.2 mi off.
  • Chalk Mountain stands 2,833 ft above the map pin, 4.9 miles south.

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 39–66°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.