Labonte Canyon (FR 658) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Labonte Canyon (FR 658) in WY

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Douglas Ranger District/Thunder Basin NG

30 mi from Douglas

Maps 7,179 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–0.6 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

Motor-vehicle season 5/1–11/14Stay limit: 16 days · within 30 days · then move 3 mi
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkGOOD

Road Access

Difficult
  • 1.4 of this road’s 5.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 1.4 miles of dirt.
  • Winds through 6 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road between mile 1.3 and mile 4.2: 6 mapped spots.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Camelback Mountain stands 1,907 ft above the map pin, 3.1 miles west.
  • Indian Creek runs 0.7 mi off.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 30–54°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.