Powerline Road (FR 550.2) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Powerline Road (FR 550.2) in WY

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

25 mi from Saratoga

Maps 9,097 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
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Difficult
  • 2.7 of this road’s 4.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Willow Park.
  • Estimated climb: 1,400 ft over 4.3 miles, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 19%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.7 miles off.
  • Green Mountain stands 1,216 ft above the map pin, 3.3 miles northwest.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 28–49°F, 3.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.