Eastern Mojave Vegetation Forest Road 211, Pike-San Isabel National Forest  
 

Tom Schweich  

Home Page  From Deckers Road south to Tarryall Road, about 25 miles. The first couple miles and last couple miles are the worst.

Other articles:
• County Route 126.:   at FR 211;  

Junction: County Road 126 “Deckers Road”

Locations: Dispersed Camp Site.  

COJefPSIDSX1: Location of a dispersed camping site we used a a base to collect from.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  12 Sep 2024;
Full Size ImageAspens beginning to turn above 10,000 feet.
Full Size ImageAspens beginning to turn above 10,000 feet.  

Where the road turns south …

Locations: North Twin Creek. Tarryall Mountains, East Slope.
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Cross North Twin Creek

Locations: Twin Creek.  

Cross Twin Creek.

 

Molly Gulch Campground to the east

 

Entrance to Molly Gulch Campground

 

Cross Molly Gulch.

Literature Cited:
- Hawley, Charles C., and R. A. Wobus, 1977.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  12 Sep 2024;

Locations: Sheeprock.  

View of Sheep Rock.

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North end of Sheeprock from FR 211.
 

Junction: Road to Lost Valley Ranch

Locations: Geographic Center of Colorado.  

Divide between Molly Gulch and Goose Creek. About 200 m. east is one of several geographic centers of Colorado. A number of vouchers have been georeferenced to this point, but I do not think they actually occur on the east slope of the Tarryall Mountains.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 2470, 24 May 2021;
Full Size ImageColl. No. 2470, Oxytropis multiceps
Full Size ImageSheeprock from Forest Road 211 near where we found the Oxytropis multiceps  

Pull-off just north of road cut; location of Coll. No. 2470, Astragalus multiceps

   

Goose Creek Campground

 

Other articles:
• Forest Road 558:   at FR 211;  

Junction: FR 558, to Goose Creek Trailhead.

Literature Cited:
- Hawley, Charles C., and R. A. Wobus, 1977.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  12 Sep 2024;

Locations: Sheeprock. Tarryall Mountains.  

View of Sheeprock. Pull out just south od Wildcat Creek.

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Sheeprock from the south.
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View north along the east slope of the Tarryall Mountains.
 

Jefferson County above …


Park County below …

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  12 Sep 2024;
Full Size ImagePilot Peak from the road.  

View of Pilot Peak

 

Topaz Mountain Gem Mine

 

Other articles:
• Tarryall Road:   at FR 211;  

Junction: County Road 77, “Tarryall Road”

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Date and time this article was prepared: 12/9/2024 7:27:44 PM