Search for dry camp site with google maps White green area ?

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?

rerod wrote:

dahkota wrote:
Google Maps isn't very good with noting ownership of lands.

Try this: Surface Ownership Map - Colorado

This one, in which you can zone in, also shows BLM land and such.

Thanks everyone..

But the Gunnison map dahkota linked wont open, let alone zoom in..

Can anyone open and zoom in??

At first, it opened but wouldn't zoom in.. Now it wont even open.

No problems here. If you continue to have issues, try saving to your computer and opening from there.

dahkota wrote:
Google Maps isn't very good with noting ownership of lands.

Try this: Surface Ownership Map - Colorado

This one, in which you can zone in, also shows BLM land and such.

Thanks everyone..

But the Gunnison map dahkota linked wont open, let alone zoom in..

Can anyone open and zoom in??

At first, it opened but wouldn't zoom in.. Now it wont even open.

Nice link, dahkota. I'm surprised I haven't seen this page before.

OP, if you find some likely spots on Google maps, check out dahkota's link to really zoom in to determine land ownership. In places, there is quite a bit of private inholdings within the National Forest boundaries.

Green areas on Google maps usually designate public lands of some sort. This includes:

National Parks
National Monuments
National Forests
National Conservation Areas
National Wilderness Areas
State Parks
City Parks
Cementers

However there are some public lands such as BLM and State Lands which are not color designated. Other than National Forests, most National lands only allow camping in designated areas. So, only searching in areas colored green would be misleading.

Thanks for the link, dahkota !

The green areas mean some sort of recreational / park area, but not always necessarily government land. Golf courses and privately owned park areas are often green as well.

You won't find forest service / state forest campgrounds by searching for "campgrounds" on google maps - the results that come up are those that pay to be listed.

The green areas on the map around your indentend location appear to belong to one or more National Forest. Check out this website:

http://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/psicc/recreation/camping-cabins

edit:

another great resource are the MVUM - motor vech. use maps

http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/psicc/maps-pubs/?cid=stelprdb5177824

Google Maps isn't very good with noting ownership of lands.

Try this: Surface Ownership Map - Colorado

This one, in which you can zone in, also shows BLM land and such.

Best thing to do is in the upper left corner you'll see Search Nearby: Hotels Restaurants. Click there and in the search box enter Campgrounds and hit enter. The campgrounds will highlight on the map. If you double click on one it will bring up info and link to a website for the campground. Zoom out the map to see more area and campgrounds.

Otherwise look on the Bureau of Land Management website for Colorado