Landfill Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Landfill Rd in CO

Road corridorBLM, Uncompahgre

3.8 mi from Montrose

Maps 5,984 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

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

BLM Uncompahgre Field Office ↗

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

Moderate
  • Road difficulty 2 of 5: a moderate drive in.
  • Near State Tunnel Dam.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 8%, 17% of it on a shelf.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
  • High Point stands 2,291 ft above the map pin, 5.5 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.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 35–65°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.