Amsden Elk Pasture (FR 181) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Amsden Elk Pasture (FR 181) in WY

Road corridorBighorn NF, Tongue Ranger District

25 mi from Sheridan

Maps 7,658 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Bighorn National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 4/1–12/14Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days · then move 5 road mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 7.9 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Freeze Out Point.
  • Estimated climb: 830 ft over 7.9 miles, with sustained grades near 24% and pitches to 27%.

Setting

Secluded
  • Secluded here, with no through road within 3.7 miles.
  • East Fork Sheep Creek runs 0.4 mi off.
  • Freeze Out Point stands 605 ft above the map pin, 1.2 miles east.

Rules

  • There is a year round 14-day stay limit . At the end of day 14, to continue camping, visitors must relocate their camp at least 5 road miles from the current location and cannot return to the original location for 14 days.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 28–47°F, 2.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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