Herder Cabin Road (FR 318) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Herder Cabin Road (FR 318) in WY

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Laramie Ranger District

29 mi from Saratoga

Maps 10,476 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Camping is prohibited on part of this road; the exact stretch is not confirmed.

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

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

Rough
  • All 0.5 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Libby Lake Picnic Site.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Known camping along this road at mile 0.1: .

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • The Highway 130 Lake shoreline is 0.2 mi off.
  • Browns Peak stands 1,243 ft above the map pin, 2.0 miles northwest.

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.
  • On part of this corridor: Camping: Prohibited.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 23–43°F, 2.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.