Co Rd 870 in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Co Rd 870 in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, South Park Ranger District

7.4 mi from Blue River

Maps 10,678 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

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

Pike-San Isabel National Forests ↗

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.
  • Near Lower Michigan Dam.
  • Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 30%, 100% of it on a shelf.
  • Estimated climb: 1,000 ft, with sustained grades near 30% and pitches to 37%.

Known camping along this road at mile 1.7: .

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Lower Michigan Reservoir lies 0.2 mi off.
  • Mount Guyot stands 2,690 ft above the map pin, 2.9 miles northwest.

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.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 22–50°F, 1.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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