Co Rd 504 in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Co Rd 504 in CO

Road corridorRio Grande NF, Divide Ranger District

34 mi from Del Norte

Maps 9,156 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

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

Rio Grande National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • Near Bachelor Mountain.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 16%, 20% of it on a shelf.
  • Estimated climb: 450 ft, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 16%.

Known camping along this road at mile 0.5: .

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Bulldog Mountain stands 1,798 ft above the map pin, 1.6 miles northwest.
  • The Upper Homestake Tailings Pond shoreline is 0.2 mi off.

Rules

  • Dispersed camping is camping outside of developed campgrounds on the Rio Grande National Forest. There is no fee to dispersed camp.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 23–57°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.