Blue Mountain Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Blue Mountain Rd in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, South Park Ranger District

15 mi from Cripple Creek

Maps 8,431 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Camping is limited to designated sites on part of this road; the exact stretch is not confirmed.

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

Difficult
  • Road difficulty 4 of 5: a difficult drive in.
  • Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 12%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Known camping along this road between mile 1.8 and mile 2.2: 1 mapped spot.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.5 miles off.
  • Blue Mountain stands 794 ft above the map pin, 0.5 miles north.

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.
  • On part of this corridor: Camping: Designated sites only.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 25–58°F, 0.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.