Gardner Park (FR 910.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access in Colorado

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Gardner Park (FR 910.1) in CO

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Yampa Ranger District

27 mi from Dotsero

Maps 9,880 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

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

Difficult
  • 4.8 of this road’s 9.7 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 8.9 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Rams Horn Dam.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Winds through 5 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

1 known camp spot along this road, at mile 2.4: mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Flat Top Mountain stands 2,478 ft above the map pin, 3.9 miles southwest.
  • The Gardner Park Reservoir shoreline is 0.5 mi off.

Rules

  • Dispersed camping is allowed, except where the area is posted closed, within 200 feet of any developed road, trail, picnic area, water source and trailhead, as well as ¼ mile from campgrounds. … 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

September normals 3462°F, 2.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.