Middle Fork Day Use (FR 300.1H) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access
Middle Fork Day Use (FR 300.1H) in WY
Road corridorShoshone NF, Washakie Ranger District
8.8 mi from Lander
Maps 7,174 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Motor-vehicle season 4/15–12/1Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · then move 5 mi
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Road Access
Moderate
- 1.1 of this road’s 1.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 0.8 miles of it dirt.
- Near Bruce's Bridge Trailhead.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Winds through 7 switchbacks.
- Dead-ends 0.2 miles in at a mapped turnaround.
Known camping along this road at mile 0.7: .
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Fossil Hill stands 1,902 ft above the map pin, 1.2 miles southeast.
- Middle Popo Agie River runs 0.1 mi off.
Rules
- Camping or otherwise occupying a single location for a period exceeding sixteen (16) consecutive days… The term 'location' means the occupied area or campsite and the lands within a five mile radius of that occupied area or campsite. After leaving a location, a minimum of seven (7) days must elapse before any person or group, may re-occupy their original location.
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 30–55°F, 2.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.