Buffalo Peaks (FR 431) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, South Park Ranger District

14 mi from Buena Vista

0.0 mi off US 285 (straight line)

Maps 10,615 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 7.8–8.1 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Motor-vehicle season 6/16–12/31Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi

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Difficult

7 of this road’s 15.6 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 7 miles of dirt.
Near Lynch Creek Trailhead.
Winds through 5 switchbacks.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
A gate 5.6 miles along the road.
A water crossing 7.8 miles along the road.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Buffalo Peaks stands 2,721 ft above the map pin, 2.7 miles southwest.
Lynch Creek runs 1.2 mi off.

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

October normals 25–49°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Buffalo Peaks (FR 431) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access