Vulcan Mountain (FR 440) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Vulcan Mountain (FR 440) in WY

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

13 mi from Saratoga

Maps 7,533 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–4.5 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

Rough
  • All 5.9 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Indian Rocks.
  • Estimated climb: 1,500 ft over 5.9 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 17%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Cattle guards 0.2, 0.8 and 4.4 miles along the road.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Heather Creek runs 0.2 mi off.
  • Vulcan Mountain stands 3,248 ft above the map pin, 6.9 miles southwest.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 29–55°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.