French Creek (FR 500) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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French Creek (FR 500) in WY

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Laramie Ranger District

30 mi from Saratoga

Maps 9,930 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 13.1–13.7, 20.5–21.5 and 45.2–45.8 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
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 18.6 of this road’s 33.6 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 24.4 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Duchess Mine.
  • Winds through 18 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Medicine Bow Peak rises 9.6 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 24–46°F, 3.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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