Hidden Wilderness Roadside Camp #2

There’s a clearing to the right of the electric grid/fenced area once you get past it. Don’t make our mistake and go further up the path where the pin leads you. The road will become extremely narrow right next to a big drop off and it will be very hard to turn around.

Partly my own fault. I didn't check the reviews! The road up is steep and has multiple sharp switchback turns. Got to the final turn and it was too tight for my rig and I bottomed out. It took some maneuvering but we managed to get out but it was super stressful. Plus, we found out the spots were full.

This was a beautiful secluded site. It could be accessed with 4 wheel. Drive, it overlooks the town of idaho springs in faces.Mostly westbound at the continental divide. It was peaceful and beautiful, but extremely windy. We stayed there may 15, 2025. It snowed during the evening.

Road is rough, as discussed in other comments. Make sure you have good clearance or you will bottom out.

Gorgeous campsite overlooking Idaho springs and multiple mountain ranges. I visited at the end of May ‘24 and the roads were all clear of snow and ice. The road is very rocky and bumpy and requires 4WD.

For those that can't find it, putting "Hidden Wilderness Rd" in the GPS should help. It's a dirt road at the top of the neighborhood road. You'll want 4wd for sure. Very cold and windy in March as it's so high up. Great view and fun, though! Not crowded, at least when I went.

Wow, I’ve never encountered a road (if you can even call it that) that made me distrust my cars ability. This one was definitely a wrong turn, and lead to housing. Don’t make this mistake! It’s seriously steep, sketchy, slippery, uneven. Past that fork, and past the supposed map marker (as I continued on in search of this unseen campsite) the road became huge bumps that turned my car uncomfortably horizontal. And after all this, I scraped my front bumper (8 in of clearance, not a short car) and just decided to leave.

Awesome veiw of some high, snowy touched mountains, and the interstate in the valley somehow makes it more ethereal. The noise isn't bad at all, like your next to a heater running all night.

The spots I stayed at are a bit up the road from the pin, in the curve of the road directly beneath the power lines. Another little extension runs very steeply up beneath the lines for the best view.

Road isn't bad. Lots of places around here on the app are way worse. Go slow, like walking speed or less, and any car with moderate suspension should be OK. Walked up the road towards the other pin, and it does get rougher.

Maybe I'm lost or a bad navigator, but I didn't see a site to set up camp