Golden Meadow Road (FR 708) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Golden Meadow Road (FR 708) in WY

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Laramie Ranger District

16 mi from Laramie

Maps 7,999 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

Motor-vehicle season 5/26–1/31Stay limit: 16 days · within 30 days · then move 3 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 5.8 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Russell Benchmark.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A cattle guard at the start of the road.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.9 miles off.
  • A pond lies 0.9 mi off.
  • Twin Mountain stands 784 ft above the map pin, 2.1 miles southwest.

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 31–54°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.