Nickle Creek Loop (FR 196) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Nickle Creek Loop (FR 196) in WY

Road corridorBighorn NF, Tongue Ranger District

26 mi from Sheridan

Maps 7,582 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Camping is prohibited on part of this road; the exact stretch is not confirmed.

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 5.5 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Pine Island Picnic Area.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road at mile 4.3: .

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Nickle Creek runs 0.6 mi off.
  • Twin Buttes stands 637 ft above the map pin, 1.7 miles west.

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.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 27–48°F, 2.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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