Packers Gap (FR 2154) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Packers Gap (FR 2154) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, Comanche Ranger District

17 mi from La Junta

Maps 4,652 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–2.6 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Pike-San Isabel National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 10 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.8 miles off.
  • West Branch Crooked Arroyo runs 0.7 mi off.

Rules

  • Camping within 100 feet of a body of water (such as a lake, stream, pond, or river) unless in a Forest Service developed recreation site or designated dispersed site.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 37–71°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.