Old Scout Camp (FR 523) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Old Scout Camp (FR 523) in WY

Road corridorBighorn NF, Tongue Ranger District

22 mi from Powder Horn

Maps 8,693 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 3.5 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Winds through 5 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.7 miles off.
  • A river runs 0.8 mi off.
  • Lookout Mountain stands 1,449 ft above the map pin, 3.7 miles southeast.

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

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