Elk Creek (FR 555) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Elk Creek (FR 555) in WY

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Laramie Ranger District

30 mi from Saratoga

Maps 9,988 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 16 days · within 30 days · then move 3 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 10.5 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 10.3 miles of it dirt.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Medicine Bow Peak rises 6.7 miles north.

Rules

  • Dispersed camping is limited to 16 days in the Medicine Bow Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland... in a 30 day period. If you continue camping after 30 days, you must move at least 3 miles from your current site.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 25–45°F, 2.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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