Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree
Pole Hill Road Dispersed Camping
Drive-up · public land · CO · 40.36694, -105.42018
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Ask about this camp →A mapped lead, not an agency listing. Somebody marked this as a campsite; we could not match it to a land-manager record. Worth checking rather than counting on. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at the elevation shown above.
Fire & smokeNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump2 mi
- WWater3 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- +Urgent care5 mi
- RxPharmacy5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- OOutfitter5 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- ShShower6 mi
- LLaundry11 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- PPropane20 mi
- AAir-up21 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
State
CO
Coordinates
40.36694, -105.42018
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWater · nearby
- Nearest townGlen Comfort · ~2.1 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~3.3 mi
- FuelShell · ~4.4 mi
- Propane / LPGAmeriGas · ~28.8 mi
- Dump station~2.1 mi
- GroceriesEstes Mini Mart · ~4.4 mi
- PharmacyRocky Mountain Pharmacy · ~5.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicEstes Park Health Urgent Care Center · ~5.0 mi
- HardwareHardware · ~13.6 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomLake Estes Wapiti Meadows Day Use Area Restroom · ~3.5 mi W · BoR
- Vault / pit toiletLion Gulch · ~3.7 mi S · USFS
- RestroomLake Estes Marina Public Restrooms · ~3.9 mi W · BoR
- RestroomLake Estes Cherokee Draw Day Use Area Public Restroom 3 · ~4.3 mi W · BoR
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Allenspark Dispersed Camping~7.8 mi
- Olive Ridge Campground~12.2 mi
- Allenspark Dispersed Camping~14.3 mi
- Beaver Reservoir Dispersed Camping~18.0 mi
The unit that manages this camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Bear Lake at 9,490 ft, about 13 miles away. We do not repeat a depth here, because any number we stored would be stale by the time you read it — the station publishes today's.
How we know this
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
Field check
Contributed, not agency-listed. A mapper marked this as a campsite. We have not matched it to a land-manager record, so it stays at Likely.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
Before you go
Finding water out here →Reading a forest MVUM →Cold-weather camping →How to read this page →All field notes →
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