Carnival (FR 891) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Carnival (FR 891) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, South Park Ranger District

15 mi from Cripple Creek

Maps 8,811 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Pike-San Isabel National Forests ↗

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

Difficult
  • All 2.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Wagon Tongue Dam.
  • Estimated climb: 290 ft over 2.6 miles through 3 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 21%.
  • 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 1.4 miles off.
  • The Wagon Tongue Reservoir shoreline is 1.1 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 24–57°F, 0.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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