Jim Creek Road (FR 343) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Jim Creek Road (FR 343) in WY

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Laramie Ranger District

31 mi from Saratoga

Maps 10,021 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 5.5 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Estimated climb: 1,100 ft over 5.5 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 18%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.1 miles off.
  • Camp Creek runs 1.2 mi off.
  • Medicine Bow Peak stands 1,988 ft above the map pin, 5.6 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.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

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

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