Government Gully Road Dispersed Camping

There was a barrier across the entrance, before the meadow. No place to camp/overnight near 726/Hwy 30. Fortunately, you can continue down Hwy 30 for about 6 miles back to the interstate, or under the interstate to Vedauwoo.

Would have explored to find a spot, but it was pretty foggy and visibility was 100-200 feet, so hard to see anything.

Review July 2023
FS 726 & FS728 (aka Govertment Gulch/Government Gully)
Medicine Bow NF
Laramie, WY

41.2430,-105.4487
14nt Stay Limit. $0
Elev 8743'
Ver 2-3b, ATT 3b, No booster
Dirt/Grass
Road is in good shape.
Dump & Water available at the Prison Museum, Water also available at the Maverick by the gas pumps.
Propane available at 3 locations, we used the 'Fly Shop', who were also a wealth of information on local happenings & fishing.
Laundry at Spic & Span. $3.00 wash, $1.00 for 32min dryer
Walmart & Ridleys for groceries. Farmers Market friday afternoons in season.
Some noise from I80 depending on wind direction.
Rig: 34' 5th Wheel, 13'4" Profile

Confusion about this road being closed.
FS 726 & 728 ARE on the Forrest Svc usage map.
We found FS728 to have a structure at the entrance from old HWY30. It looked like there might be a road back behind it, but we didn't want to risk trespass to find out.
FS726 IS open from the Old HWY 30 side (Exit 323 off I80), and able to camp within 100' of the road.
There is an open meadow at the entrance that can hold several rigs (any size) with reasonable spacing, but we were alone here most of the time so it wasn't an issue. There are spots further up that can hold small to medium sized rigs, or larger if you are adventurous/really good at leveling. Some have gorgous views overlooking the valley & snow capped mountains in the distance. We double checked with a Ranger before settting up and have had Rangers drive through twice since we've been here. No issues what so ever.

So why the confusion?
Looking at older maps, there appears to have once been an entrance to FS726 further West that no longer exists? It is accesible from Old HWY 30, at the 323 exit.
Additionally the road names 'Government Gully' & 'Government Gulch' used in some reviews are apparently not/no longer are FS726, although they seem to run together for a short bit? It's very confusing.
Highly recommend using a FS Usage Map when scouting this area to make certain you are where you think you are as the roads aren't the best marked we've ever seen and those that are there are pretty faded. If in doubt, the FS office in town was extremely kind & helpful in showing us where we could fit.

Our Spot:
We wound up here after 2hrs scouting out Pole Mountain/Pilot Hill area on the other side of I80.
This was the week before July 4th, and it was crowded with both campers, and RV's that seem to have been placed to mark their spot for the holiday (Slides not out, no camping stuff out etc). No judgements, they were within their 14day limit. Just had a hard time finding a spot on that side of I80.
Spots are pretty far back (although roads were pretty good), not many spots open, lots of cow patties, and not the levelist of sites. Gorgeous area, but we were here to see friends in Laramie and would be back & forth to town a lot, so didn't want a long drive just to get back to the highway each day.
We found it easy to find a spot on this side of I80 (everyone's on the other side).
The whole area is rolling meadows & forrest, so be prepared to spend some time leveling. In fact if you can, take a rest stop, have a snack, destress before entering & leveling... it might save a marraige.
Wildlife here has been fantastic. Pronghorns in the morning as I have my coffee, and Elk in the evenings... Every...Day.
There is no off roading in this area. It is marked at the entrance, and has wooden cross fences with signage at the back of the established sites further up the road. They take that 100' from road seriously.... nice about it... but to quote Gandolf 'You go thus far & no farther'.

CAUTIONS:
Exit 323 U25mph (really sharp).
This U curve is no joke. It's sharp, it's uphill/downhill grade, tilts slightly kind of like a roller coaster in the middle, and is a blind curve because of the trees. Not such a problem coming off Exit 323, the problem is more other drivers coming downhill at the curve from Old HWY30. We've seen 2 wipeouts that missed the curve (one a semi) and slide across oncoming (entrance to FS726) traffic. By the skid marks & disturbed ground, this isn't the first accident at this curve.
Brakes & Towing:
This is a mountain area. In only 6 days going back & forth the 8m to town to visit friends, we've seen 2 5th wheels pulling off I80 smoking like crazy, and 2 on the side of the road.
WIND:
Seriously, it gets windy here, and with no warning. Park accordingly, don't leave awnings out unattended, secure ground stuff. Our preffered scouted spot was beautiful until we moved the rig to it & found that there was no way to get level without putting our beam to the wind. After 3 tries, we opted for our 2nd choice where we could position nose to the wind & still get 'levelish'. Are we perfectly level, nope, but we aren't 'welcome to the carnival fun house' unlevel either :)

We stayed here for one night after being unable to get a site at the nearby Tie City Campground. It's just down the road from there.

The access road in was washboarded but not excessively so. Sites were well spaced apart and the ones further along the road had great views of the surrounding landscape. The site we selected was reasonably level, but it did have some small pieces of trash strewn about.

ATT service was good and offered 10+ mbps download and 3+ mbps upload with a roof mounted Pepwave MIMO antenna. T-Mobile was faster at 64/7.

Was windy when arrived so didn’t spend much time outside
Like others have mentioned be prepared to level your rig. Largest rigs can easily access this area
Tent camping possible but I would be prepared to park and hike 1/8 mile to be nestled among trees for both privacy and a wind break. Wyoming starts with a W and Wind starts with a W
Picture shows my van with Starlink dishy which worked great. L 41.2550. lon -105.4617
very strong cell signals,too

Easy to access. Saw several class A's & 40' trailers. You will need to level up so bring Legos or wheel levelers. Nice views of surrounding area. There are alot interesting areas to visit. Laramie is 13 min away Historical Ft Laramie has dump & fresh water. Loves has dump only. Cell service on the top of the road camp areas is excellent. (I have Verizon). The bottom of the road is good too. In-between not so much.

Easy to find, road in is not bad. There seem to be some gravel spots, but not many were empty when I got here on a Sunday afternoon. I picked one, but it was pretty out of level, so I opted to pull off the road into some short grass (hard ground--no rain for a long time). I was only about 30 feet from the road, but faced a beautiful meadow and forest beyond that.
Closest neighbors were about a quarter mile away. I could see their RV in the distance, but could not hear them. Being close to the road (my choice) cars and trucks (no vans or RVs) went in and out until late in the evening and early morning, but that was not an issue for me. Cell service was good and my Nomad Internet worked fine.