Big Goose (FR 26) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Big Goose (FR 26) in WY

Road corridorBighorn NF, Tongue Ranger District

25 mi from Powder Horn

Maps 8,593 ft

No overnight camping

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
  • 22.5 of this road’s 55.6 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 22.5 miles of dirt.
  • Estimated climb: 7,700 ft over 55.6 miles through 35 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 29%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road between mile 13.4 and mile 59.4: 1 mapped spot.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Dry Owen Creek runs 1.0 mi off.

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.
  • On part of this corridor: Camping: Prohibited.
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  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 24–44°F, 2.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.