Side Camp (FR 170) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access

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Side Camp (FR 170) in WY

Road corridorBighorn NF, Tongue Ranger District

30 mi from Powder Horn

Maps 8,046 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

Rough
  • All 1.3 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Garden of the Gods.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • North Tongue River runs 0.3 mi off.
  • Bear Rocks stands 1,352 ft above the map pin, 3.8 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.
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  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 26–47°F, 2.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.