Usfs 505A in CO

Road corridorRio Grande NF, Divide Ranger District

34 mi from Del Norte

Maps 9,347 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

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

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days

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Rough

Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
Near Creede Underground Mining Museum.
By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
Recorded as pitching to 30%, 17% of it on a shelf.
Estimated climb: 40 ft, with sustained grades near 30% and pitches to 45%.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Bulldog Mountain stands 1,607 ft above the map pin, 1.4 miles northwest.
The Upper Homestake Tailings Pond shoreline is 0.2 mi off.

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

October normals 22–56°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Usfs 505A in CO -- Camping Rules & Access