Padlock Cow Camp (FR 652) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Padlock Cow Camp (FR 652) in WY

Road corridorBighorn NF, Tongue Ranger District

26 mi from Powder Horn

Maps 8,400 ft

No overnight camping

Bighorn National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days · then move 5 road mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 0.3 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Estimated climb: 0 ft over 0.3 miles, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 20%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Bear Rocks stands 998 ft above the map pin, 1.6 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.
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Climate averages

October normals 24–45°F, 2.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.