Jack Creek (FR 452) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Jack Creek (FR 452) in WY

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Brush Creek-Hayden Ranger District

22 mi from Saratoga

Maps 8,477 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 26.4–29.9 and 58.7–59.3 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

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

Difficult
  • 33.4 of this road’s 60.5 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 35.8 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Divide Peak.
  • Estimated climb: 7,100 ft over 60.5 miles through 10 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 27%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A cattle guard 26.3 miles along the road.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Divide Peak stands 605 ft above the map pin, 0.8 miles northeast.
  • Jim Creek runs 1.1 mi off.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 29–51°F, 3.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.