Purgatory Gulch (FR 409.1B) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access
Purgatory Gulch (FR 409.1B) in WY
Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Brush Creek-Hayden Ranger District
22 mi from Saratoga
Maps 7,724 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
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
- All 0.5 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Near Encampment River Wilderness.
- Estimated climb: 0 ft over 0.5 miles, with sustained grades near 26% and pitches to 29%.
- Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.1 miles off.
- Wood Mountain stands 1,957 ft above the map pin, 3.2 miles east.
- Encampment River runs 0.5 mi off.
Climate averages
October normals 33–55°F, 2.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.