Medicine Bow Lodge (FR 285) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Medicine Bow Lodge (FR 285) in WY

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

16 mi from Saratoga

Maps 8,086 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

Rough
  • All 0.3 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Chimney Park.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A cattle guard at the start of the road.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Kennaday Peak stands 2,728 ft above the map pin, 7.6 miles north.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 27–54°F, 2.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.