Lost Park (FR 56) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Lost Park (FR 56) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, South Park Ranger District

15 mi from Blue River

0.8 mi off US 285 (straight line)

Maps 9,516 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 8.2–8.7 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Pike-San Isabel National Forests ↗

Motor-vehicle season 5/2–12/31Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Difficult
  • 2.8 of this road’s 20.6 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 6.2 miles of dirt.
  • Near Kenosha Pass Overlook.
  • Winds through 7 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A gate 8.5 miles along the road.
  • Cattle guards 8.7 and 20.1 miles along the road.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • North Twin Cone Peak stands 2,809 ft above the map pin, 3.7 miles northeast.
  • Guernsey Creek runs 0.9 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 27–53°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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