Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee Ng
The Devils Nose Target Range is located on the Arapaho National Forest, off Colorado Highway 103 in Clear Creek County. The U.S. Forest Service manages this site as an unsupervised public shooting range to provide safe and responsible recreational shooting opportunities.
This $10.00/day pass permits one vehicle with up to four people at the Devils Nose Target Range for one day. The site is open sunup to sundown.
The target range has three shooting galleries with benches for 25, 50-75 and 100-yard shooting opportunities for a total of 24 lanes with shade cover. The facility has 20 parking spots, an information kiosk and a vault toilet. The site includes a dirt path for wheelchair access.
The site is located at 11,000 feet in elevation, making it a unique location for recreational shooting. Due to the high elevation, please remember your sunscreen and water and watch for afternoon thunderstorms.
The range sees highest use on weekends and does temporarily close occasionally for site cleaning and maintenance.
Please have the Recreation.gov app downloaded prior to arrival to purchase pass onsite.
This pass does not guarantee parking availability. For your safety, please remember that parking outside of designated areas is discouraged and visitors who park illegally may be fined and towed. There is no room for trailers at this site. This pass is valid during open hours (sunup to sundown) of the date listed on the pass, and only for the date and vehicle specified for this pass.
America the Beautiful Passes area accepted at this site. These passes cover fees for the passholder and up to three other individuals per vehicle.
Passes are non-transferable between operators, non-refundable, not replaceable if lost or stolen, and are void if altered or reproduced. Confirmation numbers must be displayed on your vehicle dash, so bring a pen with you to the site.
Cell phone connectivity on the forest may be limited; please plan ahead.
Target & Ammunition Info:
Due to resource damage concerns, .50 caliber ammunition is not recommended.
Paper or cardboard targets only. Absolutely no exploding targets.
No tracer rounds or incendiary rounds.