Hell Canyon Dispersed

You WILL get stuck if you drive a FWD car. you NEED a 4WD to get out to this spot because of the entrance road

Good spot for dispersed camping. Maybe 6 spots total going all the way up the road. 4x4 recommended. Fires allowed in established rings only, always check with Roosevelt National Forest website to see if fires are allowed during your stay as this varies by season.

Haven’t been out camping in a while, Should have 4x4 but we made it without. One vehicle had a 20’ cargo trailer. (Required 4x4)
10 minutes from Estes Park, lots of local places to go. The camp ground down below will even let you shower for 8$. Sweet!

The road was a little rough for a pop up camper. More for tents

Super nice spot but limited parking and a trek to get up

It’s a good spot to camp and had nice views but there are no fire signs posted on the way up and if you are planning on walking up i wouldn’t recommend this spot because the way up is very steep and it’s a challenge to get up this path on foot.

Quiet, secluded, and peaceful on a Monday afternoon in July! Great views watching the sunset over the Rocky’s! Highly need a 4x4 to get here! Had a great time!

Road up is a bit rough but I saw many SUVs make it, the gate sign recommends 4x4. Great views and only got busy on the 4th of July.

A great campsite but not to many options. I love how close it is to the park and how secluded it can get depending on where you set up your tent. Not too many spots though to pull into if you drive up but overall a solid campground!

There were a few spots following up the trail! Beautiful area and pretty quiet overall! No bears/wildlife to be scared of! The weather was so nice we slept in hammocks all week!

Great Verizon signal.

Windy but we more could hear the winds than feel them.

Bugs weren’t too bad. No animal (bear/moose) encounters or sightings, just lots of squirrels.

You can hear road noise from 36.

Driving down to town during the day, there were some people (probably from the adjacent campground) hiking the road.

Overall quiet at night (other than some road noise from 36). Not a bad spot!

Came up just before the sunset to the campsite and there were 3 other cars near to us. For a Saturday night it was no problem for us to find a site.

4x4 drive is a requirement. Good Verizon signal. Narrow road, however not busy at all. Stayed here for 4 days, no issue. The Google Maps directions is slightly wrong. There is a paid camping ground at the entrance that Google Maps attempts to make you drive through. Do not follow this direction. Instead take the road directly next to the campground. Google Maps incorrectly mistakes a hiking path that connects with this dirt road.

My 2wd van made it up a little but I couldn’t get passed one of the big hills. Not very many sites.

Seems like some long term campers take up the couple of open spots that exist here. Good if you can snag the spot. Signs were posted about no fires

The road is steep, but nothing crazy. Our RAV4 has no issues at all. After the yogi bear campground the turn is on the right, kind of hidden. Head up until you see some campfire rings on the left. If you go a little off to the left on the first big turnoff, there are several good spots further from the road.

We got up on a Friday night and we're next to only one other couple. By Sunday all the spots were taken at some point. Dogs had plenty of space to roam. Not too crowded, and also not far from lake Estes.

Turn just before or after Yogi Bear Campground and go up the decently maintained dirt road. (You will pass RVs at the beginning of the road as you head up).

Most awd vehicles can make it up to the first few sites but to get up to the top, I would suggest a true 4x4. I watched a small awd sprinter van lose traction where it gets steep and had to turn around.

Beautiful views of the mountains from my spot. Only complaint is you can hear the road below which the wind drowns out anyways.

I would come back!

The pin brings you through an actual camping and points towards an hiking trail. Maybe, and I stress the maybe, of you have a big jeep 4wd you can go up, no way with a normal car

Road was steep at points and loose dirt but no big rocks. 4wd was just fine. Might be tuff with just 2wd. There was nobody here. I think people live further down the road so we saw maybe 3 cars go by but not campers I don’t think. View was awesome thru the trees.

The view from our campsite was stunning! The road to get there was BAD!!!

The area was super beautiful. If you have a good vehicle (4WD), it’s super accessible and visitor friendly. It gets worse the further you go up. There was 3 or 4 different site areas. You’ll probably see people during the day, but still have lots of privacy. Would go again!

You definitely need 4 wheel drive for this area thankfully my jeep grand Cherokee had no issues :) there are few flat spots to choose from only a few dip offs where you could car camp and those spots were really only big enough for a single car. The views were great if you venture off the path and into the trees more (we found a gorgeous hammock spot near our car camp). The bugs were out but nothing too unbearable. Overall I’d give it a 6/10

This road was very washed out so I recommend having 4wd. There were very minimal spots and hardly any of them were level. There were a few camps set up and looked like someone’s permanent spot which was creepy. There was one nice spot with a view on a switchback that you could walk down to but not take a vehicle down.

I really tried. Tires were spinning. Had to abort mission. Only accessible for 4wd

We arrived later in the day and started driving up the road to get to this site and part way found a gate closed and the road closed to traffic. Road was very rough as well.

Needed a place to stay and all motels were closed. Found this place and it was a bit of a drive to get to a fairly level place to sleep but was perfect for our travel through plans. Like a said it was a bit of a drive to get to the location especially at 1am but it was good enough for a good night sleep.

Drove up hell canyon rd about 1.5 miles. About 6 spots that I saw. Pretty good views from spot I got. Need good clearance and possibly 4 wheel drive, especially if the ground is wet. Not bad for a night or two.