Long Branch Ave in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Long Branch Ave in CO

Road corridorGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison NFs, Gunnison Ranger District

24 mi from Salida

Maps 8,965 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

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

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · then move 3 road mi · No more than 28 days in any 60-day period
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileWEAK
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Difficult
  • Road difficulty 4 of 5: a difficult drive in.
  • Near Steepy Mountain.
  • Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 18%, 50% of it on a shelf.
  • Estimated climb: 130 ft, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 19%.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Lime Ridge stands 2,876 ft above the map pin, 5.2 miles northeast.
  • Carlson Creek runs 0.6 mi off.

Rules

  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 27–56°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.