Mitchell Placer

Mitchell Placer: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Mitchell Placer

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Mitchell Placer — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.91858, -106.45281. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Mitchell Placer

• Platte River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~23 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel · viewpoint · Jackson · ~25 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel Wilderness · sanctuary · Routt · ~35 km · Must-see
• Savage Run Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~38 km · Must-see
• Encampment River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~41 km · Must-see
• Pearl Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~49 km · Must-see
• Hahns Peak · viewpoint · Routt · ~51 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · sanctuary · Carbon · ~54 km · Must-see
• State Forest State Park · sanctuary · Jackson · ~55 km · Must-see
• Jelm Mountain · viewpoint · Albany · ~56 km · Must-see
• Steamboat Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~57 km · Must-see
• Rawah Wilderness · sanctuary · Larimer · ~57 km · Must-see
• Huston Park Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~61 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow Peak · viewpoint · Albany · ~63 km · Must-see
• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~64 km · Must-see
• Buffalo Mountain · viewpoint · Routt · ~64 km · Must-see
• Fish Creek Falls · waterfall · Routt · ~69 km · Must-see
• Clark Peak · viewpoint · Larimer · ~70 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Mitchell Placer

Other forts & heritage near Mitchell Placer

• Fort Sanders Guardhouse · fort · Albany · ~102 km · Must-see
• Fort Halleck · fort · Carbon · ~109 km · Must-see
• Ames Monument · fort · Albany · ~114 km · Must-see
• Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site · fort · Carbon · ~130 km · Must-see
• Hanna Basin Museum · fort · Carbon · ~133 km · Must-see
• France Memorial Presbyterian Church · fort · Carbon · ~146 km · Must-see
• King Claims Mine · fort · Carbon · ~20 km
• Magnolia Lode · fort · Albany · ~24 km
• Beaver Group Mine · fort · Carbon · ~25 km
• Many Values Prospect · fort · Albany · ~25 km

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