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Camping near

Rock River, Wyoming

4 federal places to camp within 30 miles of Rock River in Albany County: 4 Forest Service.

4
federal places to camp
4 Forest Service
25.7 mi
to the nearest one
Bow River Ranger Station
10,500 ft
at the highest of them
Brooklyn Lake Campground. The lowest, North Fork, sits at 9,200 ft
80
campsites you can book ahead
On Recreation.gov. The longest rig any of them takes is 60 feet

Interactive map. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom, and select any point to see which agency manages the land. Arrow keys pan and the plus and minus keys zoom when the map has focus. A list of every state with its share of federal land is on the Explore page.

Map layers

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Base map
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Federal land, by managing agency

  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
  • US Forest Service (USFS)
  • National Park Service (NPS)
  • US Fish and Wildlife (USFW)
  • Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)
  • Department Of Defense (DOD)
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
  • Other Federal
  • State
  • Local
  • Alaska Native Lands (Patented or Interim Conveyed)
  • Alaska Native Allotment

Federal campgrounds, by agency

  • Forest Service
  • Bureau of Land Management
  • National Park Service
  • Army Corps of Engineers
  • Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife and others

State and local land (USGS PAD-US)

  • State land
  • County and city land
  • Regional agency or district
  • Land trust or conservancy

Gaps with no tint inside public land are private parcels, often old mining claims and homesteads. They are not open to the public.

Dashed clay lines on the base map are unpaved tracks from OpenStreetMap. They show what exists on the ground, not what is legal to drive.

Select any point to see who manages the land.

Boundaries are approximate and land status changes. This map is a planning aid, not a survey or a statement of access. Confirm routes, closures and camping rules with the managing office.

Within 30 miles of Rock River, nearest first

4 places

  1. Bow River Ranger Station cabin or lookout Forest Service · Medicine Bow-Routt NFs · Carbon County 25.7 miaway 8,300 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  2. North Fork Forest Service · Medicine Bow-Routt NFs · Albany County 27.6 miaway 9,200 ftelevation 60sites 45 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  3. Brooklyn Lake Campground Forest Service · Medicine Bow-Routt NFs · Albany County 28.5 miaway 10,500 ftelevation 18sites n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  4. Little Brooklyn Lake Guard cabin or lookout Forest Service · Medicine Bow-Routt NFs · Albany County 29 miaway 10,369 ftelevation 1site 60 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov