Cow Creek Road (FR 637) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Cow Creek Road (FR 637) in WY

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Douglas Ranger District/Thunder Basin NG

36 mi from Wheatland

Maps 7,916 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–1.5 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 16 days · within 30 days · then move 3 mi
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Difficult
  • All 1.7 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Bar M Number 2 Dam.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • The Bar M Number 2 Reservoir shoreline is 1.1 mi off.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 29–51°F, 1.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.