Platte River Access (FR 512) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Platte River Access (FR 512) in WY

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Laramie Ranger District

28 mi from Saratoga

Maps 7,440 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 3.1–3.4 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
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 34 of this road’s 66.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 37.2 miles of it dirt.
  • Winds through 22 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A cattle guard 66.7 miles along the road.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • North Platte River runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Prospect Mountain stands 985 ft above the map pin, 1.8 miles southeast.

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 28–55°F, 1.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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