North River (FR 600.3) in KS

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, Cimarron Ranger District

8.3 mi from Elkhart

6.4 mi off US 56 (straight line)

Maps 3,485 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi

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Difficult

4.3 of this road’s 14.2 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 10.7 miles of it dirt.
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.
A locked gate 2.1 miles along the road.
A cattle guard 11 miles along the road.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
A river runs 0.2 mi off.
Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.

Camping within 100 feet of a body of water (such as a lake, stream, pond, or river) unless in a Forest Service developed recreation site or designated dispersed site.
Camping rules

October normals 42–71°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

North River (FR 600.3) in KS -- Camping Rules & Access