Dinosaur Rd (BLM 5712) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Dinosaur Rd (BLM 5712) in CO

Road corridorBLM, Uncompahgre

6.3 mi from Olathe

Maps 5,495 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

Local restrictions may apply; check the land manager’s camping rules.

BLM Uncompahgre Field Office ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 30 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • BLM plans all 1.5 miles of this road as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way, but the condition is unverified.
  • Near Middle Peach Valley Dam.
  • Estimated climb: 800 ft over 1.5 miles, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 22%.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.6 miles off.
  • Buttermilk Ridge stands 2,356 ft above the map pin, 4.9 miles east.

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 40–68°F, 1.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.