Third Flats Road (BLM P2) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Third Flats Road (BLM P2) in CO

Road corridorBLM, Grand Junction

3.6 mi from Orchard Mesa

Maps 5,281 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
  • All 1.4 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Redlands Dam.
  • Estimated climb: 10 ft over 1.4 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 14%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.0 miles off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
  • Horse Mesa stands 572 ft above the map pin, 1.6 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.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 38–66°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.