Elk Park (FR 314.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Elk Park (FR 314.1) in CO

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

4.7 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 7,400 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–0.7 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

Motor-vehicle season 6/15–12/1Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 3.8 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Rocky Peak.
  • Estimated climb: 1,400 ft over 3.8 miles through 3 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 26% and pitches to 37%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~110 ft on the downhill side.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.5 miles off.
  • Copper Ridge stands 1,014 ft above the map pin, 0.9 miles west.
  • A pond lies 0.1 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

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 27–56°F, 2.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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