This walk-in dispersed campground provides access to biking, hiking and fishing. 

At a Glance:
Current Conditions: In 2022 - This campground is open to dispersed camping. Much of the infrastructure is overgrown, but it is still accessible.

Pole Mountain Dispersed Camping

We found a set of campsites specifically on the forest road 705F, near the Hidden Valley picnic area. The sites are free, as they are primitive set-up with only a fire pit. Although there are not facilities immediately there, if you finding camping in this area you are close by to a bathroom at Summit Trailhead and potable water at either Hidden Valley or the Abraham Lincoln rest area. We found a whole list of forest roads that allow dispersed camping 100 feet off-road: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprd3841999.pdf

Easy to find for basic camping

Beautiful area. There are a lot dispersed camping sites, you just need to get there early enough. You need to find a spot with a defined access road to it and a built fire ring. Generator use is allowed. Camp fires are allowed as well as long as the wind allows it. 

Beautiful area

Spent one night there at the spot at the very end of the gravel, pretty well maintained road. Our location was excellent, with a small pond nearby and trails. We had no one nearby. Bonus for the closeness to a rest stop (water and flush toilets) and trailhead non flush toilets. Very quiet and easy access. Not that I needed it, but I had 4 bar cell signal available.

Nice primitive spots

This spot was a very pleasant surprise and quite frankly didn’t think this part of Wyoming would be so pretty! The sites are very well spaced so once you’re parked, you feel completely alone. There was a decent amount of road traffic but that wasn’t bothersome to us. 
We found a lot of good walking/hiking  nearby with the closest being the medicine bow picnic area that we walked to from our site. We drove down nearly to the end of the road and are really glad we did because the sites were really nice. 
Cell crevice wasn’t great on t-mobile. 
Loved how close to the highway this spot was but how far away it felt. The gravel road was one of the most well maintained we’ve been on. Great easy access with trailers of just about any size. 
Would return!

Great dispersed camping

Easy access, close to rest stop, tucked off next to highway but relatively quiet.  

Easy access

Camping behind the  rest area. We took the second  left onto 705. Wide spot on the left just 150ft off the main road.  Weak Verizon service.  Stayed one night and would stay again.  We were in a 37ft 5er. Managed  to bend a scissor jack coming out. No big deal I carry and extra. Follow the directions! The coordinates are about 12 miles off. My Google earth pic has coordinates where we stayed. Found  fresh Wolf and  Elk  tracks at the site!

Dispersed camping 

We loved this spot! It was super close to the freeway, so a perfect stop for us along our road trip. Yet, still felt like you were in the woods. At night, you could hear some freeway traffic, but I’m a very light sleeper and it didn’t bother me too much. Nice spots spread out from one another with decent distance to create privacy. We were here start of October and probably wouldn’t come much later in the year unless you’re prepared for below freezing weather.

Beautiful & close to highway 

Easy approach.
No one there.
Lotsa wood.
Made fire.
Slept good.
No cell reception.
