Dam Access (FR 485.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Dam Access (FR 485.1) in CO

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Hahns Peak-Bears Ears Ranger District

26 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 8,419 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

Local restrictions may apply; check the land manager’s camping rules.

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Rough
  • All 0.5 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
  • Near Cap Smith Hill.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • The Hahns Peak Lake shoreline is 0.2 mi off.
  • Hahns Peak stands 2,401 ft above the map pin, 2.9 miles east.

Rules

  • Dispersed camping is available throughout the Medicine Bow-Routt Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland.…Dispersed camping is limited to 16 days in the Medicine Bow Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland and 14 days in the Routt Forest in a 30 day period.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 29–52°F, 2.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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