Prior Flat Campground
- May–Oct
- best months
Clear at last check
Weather is good · OpenWeather · checked 18 h ago
- At 7,733 ft
- Rawlins Field Office
Prior Flat Campground is a Bureau of Land Management site in western Wyoming, within the Rawlins Field Office. It sits about 9 acres at the foot of the Shirley Mountains, a remote range in a basin between the Medicine Bow and Ferris Mountains. The campground has 15 campsites, a vault toilet, picnic tables, fire rings and parking spurs, and one pull-through. It is not set up for horses. The typical use season runs from June 1 through November 15. Roads become impassable after heavy rain and snow melt outside of that window. No fee is charged to camp here. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show July highs around 84°F with lows near 57°F, while September cools to highs around 70°F. Cliffs Beyond Difficulty, a climbing area, is about 9 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Casper East RV Park45 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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Best time to visit Prior Flat Campground
Best months: May–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
31° / 14°
Feb
34° / 15°
Mar
43° / 23°
Apr
51° / 30°
May
62° / 39°
Jun
75° / 48°
Jul
84° / 57°
Aug
81° / 54°
Sep
70° / 45°
Oct
55° / 33°
Nov
41° / 23°
Dec
31° / 14°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Seminoe Rsvr Usbr, WY, 17.8 mi away at 6,975 ft. The station sits about 800 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
