rerod wrote:
Wow, that's allot of work determining who owns the land!
What do I do if I just stumble across a dry camp site, but haven't researched before hand and dont have cell phone reception to check?
Is it safe to say.. If there's a camp fire spot, its probably ok to dry camp there?
Probably OK. You can check ahead of time to see where there are large tracts of private land. For instance in the area you are talking about, I'd steer clear of the lands around Calumet Mountain and the "ghost" town of Turret as much of that area is private (SW corner of the Pikes Peak map above Salida). That's an area where Google Maps is ineffective at showing the many square miles of private lands within the NFS boundaries.
