Usf Rd 509 in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Usf Rd 509 in CO

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

27 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 8,698 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Moderate
  • Road difficulty 2 of 5: a moderate drive in.
  • Near Twin Mountain.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 6%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Twin Mountain stands 1,044 ft above the map pin, 0.6 miles south.

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.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 28–51°F, 2.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.