BLM 5531 — Flat Top in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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BLM 5531 — Flat Top in CO

Road corridorBLM, Uncompahgre

3.1 mi from Montrose

Maps 5,969 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 1.3–2.2 cross land the BLM doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

BLM Uncompahgre Field Office ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 30 mi
VerizonSTRONG
AT&TSTRONG
T-MobileSTRONG
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Difficult
  • BLM plans all 2.4 miles of this road as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way, but the condition is unverified.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Winds through 3 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
  • High Point stands 2,306 ft above the map pin, 6.3 miles northeast.

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 34–64°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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