Highway 40 Overlook (FR 313.1) in CO

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

8.9 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 9,359 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days

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Rough

All 0.3 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
Near Walton Peak.
Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Walton Peak stands 1,187 ft above the map pin, 2.1 miles south.

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

October normals 28–51°F, 3.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Highway 40 Overlook (FR 313.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access