Co Rd 661 in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Co Rd 661 in CO

Road corridorBLM, Royal Gorge

16 mi from Leadville

Maps 9,943 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

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

BLM Royal Gorge 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 Smokehouse.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 10%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Middle Fork South Platte River runs 0.8 mi off.
  • Sheep Mountain stands 2,860 ft above the map pin, 5.9 miles west.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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 24–51°F, 0.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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