Unnamed road near Black Ridge in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Unnamed road near Black Ridge in CO

Road corridorBLM, Grand Junction

5.2 mi from Fruita

Maps 6,392 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

Extreme
  • Road difficulty 5 of 5: an extreme drive in.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained only for low-range 4WD, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 30%, 100% of it on a shelf.
  • Estimated climb: 1,500 ft, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 52%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road between mile 1.6 and mile 5.5: .

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

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 41–64°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.