Union (FR 270) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Union (FR 270) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, South Park Ranger District

25 mi from Cripple Creek

Maps 9,452 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 4.1–4.4 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Pike-San Isabel National Forests ↗

Motor-vehicle season 5/2–1/31Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 7.1 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Threemile Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 1,500 ft over 7.1 miles through 4 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 23%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.7 miles off.
  • Threemile Mountain stands 559 ft above the map pin, 0.5 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.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 23–54°F, 0.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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