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Elk Creek Campground

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Caution

Toxic Algae May Be Present In Blue Mesa Reservoir Cyanotoxin levels in the Blue Mesa Reservoir are now below state thresholds. Toxins are still present at low levels, therefore keep kids and pets out of the water. Avoid all contact with algae. If exposed, shower immediately.

Alerts: National Park Service alerts API · Oct 16, 2026

ReservableBookable through April 15; today opens April 16.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:33 UTC
A night: $24–$34Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 15349 of them walk-up

Photos · NPS Photo

62 ftLongest rig

7,530 ftElevation

214 ftWater · Blue Mesa Reservoir

13.1 miSW of Gunnison, CO

49Walk-up sites

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 4 notices

In the agency’s own words

Elk Creek Campground is on the north shore of Blue Mesa Reservoir. The lake is Colorado's largest body of water with 96 miles of shoreline and the largest Kokanee Salmon fishery in the United States. Elk Creek Campground is located off of US HWY 50 -15 miles west of Gunnison Co. at Mile Marker 142. The campground is part of the Curecanti National Recreation Area, which was named after a Ute Indian chief of the mid-19th century. The Elk Creek area is a hub for water based activities year round. Keep reading

Recreation

Anglers delight in catching salmon and rainbow trout, while water sports fans find excitement in windsurfing and water skiing. Swimming is permitted throughout the 20-mile long reservoir and birders can find bald eagles here year round.

Facilities

Campfire programs are in full swing during the summer months. Cell phone service is limited. Electric hookups are in Loop D for both 30 and 50 amps. Elk Creek, Lake Fork and Iola boat ramps are OPEN for the season.

Natural Features

At an altitude of 7,540 feet, Elk Creek is surrounded by a vast expanse of sagebrush. Trees are minimal because the reservoir gets less than 12 inches of rain a year. Curecanti National Recreation Area is sandwiched between the towns of Montrose and Gunnison, Colorado. It spans three reservoirs, named for corresponding dams on the Gunnison River. These include the Crystal Reservoir, Morrow Point Reservoir and Blue Mesa.

Nearby Attractions

Visit the Cimarron Rail Exhibit to see railcars and the last remaining railroad trestle on the Black Canyon of the Gunnison route. Charges & Cancellations

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

Upon arrival and before launching, all watercraft must be inspected and certified as Zebra and Quagga Mussel free. Inspection stations are located at the Elk Creek and Lake Fork boat ramps during peak seasons (May through October). Please visit Curecanti's Boat Ramps page for details.

Rule

Quiet Hours are 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

Rule

This facility is at a high elevation (7535 feet/2297 m). Learn about how to "Take it Easy at Altitude" and more on the parks' Safety web page.

Everything else this campground posts · 1

Rule

STOP THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE SPECIES . Remove plants, seeds, animals, and mud from boots, gear, pets, and vehicles. Clean your gear before entering and leaving the recreation site. Stay on designated roads and trails, and follow local guidelines for firewood . CLEAN, DRAIN, DRY boats and any other recreational equipment that contacts water. Dispose of unwanted bait, worms, fish parts, or other organisms into the trash and not into the environment. For more information visit the National Invasive Species Information Center .

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 153 · 16 tent-only
Hookups: 38 electric
Longest rig: 62 ft
Paved pads: All
Accessible sites: None listed
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets - seasonal · Vault Toilets - year round
Drinking water: Yes
Dump station: Yes; recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Boat ramp: Yes
Camp host: On site; recreation.gov lists “Host”
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Reservoir, Lake, River, Creek, Beach; Biking; Boating; Fishing; Hiking; Hunting; Ranger programs; Swimming; Visitor center; Water sports; Wildlife viewing
Tree cover: 0%
Night sky · 131st darkest of 522 in CO: Bortle 2
Cell signal · Cell signal · Park Service says: Spotty

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate · Sep 9, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Cell signal: the Park Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise. · Sep 8, 2026

130 of 160 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:33 UTC

recreation.gov lists 150 of the 153 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

OpenBooked

These counts cover the 153 reservable sites only. This campground also has first-come sites, and recreation.gov publishes no availability for a site you can’t reserve.

Booking window6 months outBookable now through April 15, 2027. Today at 10 AM ET, availability opens through April 16, 2027.recreation.gov

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night$24–$34plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$56–$76DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itNational Park ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

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Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 15

What you actually pay

The sign priceNational Park Service

A night, per site$24–$34

Standard Nonelectric$24

Tent Only Nonelectric$24

Standard Electric$34

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Jan 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026.

There is an additional $6:00 electricity attribute fee for Standard Electric sites.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$32–$42

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$56–$76

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $24–$34 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 5

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:33 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

153 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 75 mapped sites

76 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop D D01 118 ftLoop D D22 110 ftLoop D D04 107 ftLoop A A49 97 ftLoop D D07 95 ft

Least roomLoop A A25 36 ftLoop A A28 36 ftLoop A A30 45 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 153 sites

75 of 153 sites located

Standard40Tent only8RV / electric27

A01 A02 A03 A04 A05 A06 A08 A09 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30 A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A37 A38 A39 A41 A42 A43 A44 A45 A46 A48 A49 A51 A52 A53 D01 D02 D03 D04 D05 D06 D07 D08 D10 D11 D12 D13 D14 D15 D16 D17 D18 D19 D20 D21 D22 D23 D24 D25 D26 D27 D28

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 75 of the 153 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 99 of the 153 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.


Loop A	A01	standard nonelectric	25 ft		74 ft	1,042 ft	266 ft	$24
Loop A	A02	standard nonelectric	25 ft		74 ft	969 ft	205 ft	$24
Loop A	A03	standard nonelectric	25 ft		67 ft	941 ft	124 ft	$24
Loop A	A04	standard nonelectric	35 ft		67 ft	901 ft	136 ft	$24
Loop A	A05	standard nonelectric	35 ft		82 ft	820 ft	86 ft	$24
Loop A	A06	standard nonelectric	35 ft		72 ft	748 ft	99 ft	$24
Loop A	A07	standard nonelectric	30 ft					$24
Loop A	A08	standard nonelectric	25 ft		72 ft	697 ft	144 ft	$24
Loop A	A09	standard nonelectric	22 ft		84 ft	699 ft	178 ft	$24
Loop A	A10	standard nonelectric	22 ft		81 ft	624 ft	222 ft	$24
Loop A	A11	standard nonelectric	22 ft		85 ft	623 ft	263 ft	$24
Loop A	A12	standard nonelectric	22 ft		77 ft	549 ft	303 ft	$24
Loop A	A13	standard nonelectric	22 ft		73 ft	553 ft	237 ft	$24
Loop A	A14	standard nonelectric	22 ft		77 ft	481 ft	284 ft	$24
Loop A	A15	standard nonelectric	22 ft		73 ft	491 ft	193 ft	$24
Loop A	A16	standard nonelectric	22 ft		74 ft	415 ft	243 ft	$24
Loop A	A17	standard nonelectric	22 ft		74 ft	421 ft	174 ft	$24
Loop A	A18	standard nonelectric	22 ft		70 ft	334 ft	244 ft	$24
Loop A	A19	standard nonelectric	22 ft		55 ft	358 ft	190 ft	$24
Loop A	A20	standard nonelectric	35 ft					$24
Loop A	A21	standard nonelectric	22 ft		48 ft	338 ft	170 ft	$24
Loop A	A22	standard nonelectric	28 ft		48 ft	294 ft	146 ft	$24
Loop A	A23	tent only nonelectric	16 ft		55 ft	105 ft	407 ft	$24
Loop A	A24	tent only nonelectric	16 ft		47 ft	172 ft	334 ft	$24
Loop A	A25	tent only nonelectric	16 ft		36 ft	209 ft	267 ft	$24
Loop A	A26	tent only nonelectric	16 ft		55 ft	68 ft	389 ft	$24
Loop A	A27	tent only nonelectric	16 ft		47 ft	138 ft	315 ft	$24
Loop A	A28	tent only nonelectric	16 ft		36 ft	182 ft	252 ft	$24
Loop A	A29	tent only nonelectric	16 ft		52 ft	106 ft	296 ft	$24
Loop A	A30	tent only nonelectric	16 ft		45 ft	151 ft	236 ft	$24
Loop A	A31	standard nonelectric	22 ft		81 ft	179 ft	165 ft	$24
Loop A	A32	standard nonelectric	30 ft		73 ft	236 ft	119 ft	$24
Loop A	A33	standard nonelectric	30 ft		73 ft	303 ft	108 ft	$24
Loop A	A34	standard nonelectric	30 ft		81 ft	382 ft	67 ft	$24
Loop A	A35	standard nonelectric	22 ft		81 ft	392 ft	138 ft	$24
Loop A	A36	standard nonelectric	30 ft		73 ft	462 ft	140 ft	$24
Loop A	A37	standard nonelectric	22 ft		84 ft	491 ft	208 ft	$24
Loop A	A38	standard nonelectric	30 ft		73 ft	533 ft	213 ft	$24
Loop A	A39	standard nonelectric	22 ft		73 ft	581 ft	285 ft	$24
Loop A	A40	standard nonelectric	35 ft					$24
Loop A	A41	standard nonelectric	22 ft		73 ft	653 ft	349 ft	$24
Loop A	A42	standard nonelectric	30 ft		75 ft	681 ft	266 ft	$24
Loop A	A43	standard nonelectric	21 ft		91 ft	740 ft	289 ft	$24
Loop A	A44	standard nonelectric	22 ft		75 ft	753 ft	200 ft	$24
Loop A	A45	standard nonelectric	22 ft		84 ft	829 ft	231 ft	$24
Loop A	A46	standard nonelectric	22 ft		77 ft	846 ft	148 ft	$24
Loop A	A47	standard nonelectric	40 ft					$24
Loop A	A48	standard nonelectric	30 ft		77 ft	923 ft	142 ft	$24
Loop A	A49	standard nonelectric	30 ft		97 ft	969 ft	238 ft	$24
Loop A	A50	standard nonelectric	35 ft					$24
Loop A	A51	standard nonelectric	22 ft		62 ft	1,061 ft	255 ft	$24
Loop A	A52	standard nonelectric	54 ft		84 ft	997 ft	160 ft	$24
Loop A	A53	standard nonelectric	25 ft		62 ft	1,099 ft	259 ft	$24
Loop B	B56	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B57	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B58	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B59	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B60	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B61	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B62	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B63	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B64	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B65	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B66	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B67	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B68	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B69	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B70	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B71	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B72	tent only nonelectric						$24
Loop B	B73	tent only nonelectric						$24
Loop B	B74	tent only nonelectric						$24
Loop B	B75	tent only nonelectric						$24
Loop B	B76	tent only nonelectric						$24
Loop B	B77	tent only nonelectric						$24
Loop B	B78	tent only nonelectric						$24
Loop B	B79	tent only nonelectric						$24
Loop B	B80	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B81	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B82	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B83	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B84	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B85	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B86	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B87	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B88	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B89	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B90	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B91	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B92	type not stated
Loop B	B93	type not stated
Loop B	B94	rv nonelectric
Loop B	B95	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C100	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C101	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C102	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C103	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C104	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C105	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C106	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C107	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C108	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C109	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C110	standard electric		50 amp				$34
Loop C	C111	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C112	type not stated
Loop C	C113	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C114	standard electric						$34
Loop C	C115	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C116	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C117	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C118	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C119	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C120	standard electric						$34
Loop C	C121	standard electric						$34
Loop C	C122	standard electric						$34
Loop C	C123	standard electric		50 amp				$34
Loop C	C124	standard electric		50 amp				$34
Loop C	C125	standard electric		50 amp				$34
Loop C	C126	standard electric		50 amp				$34
Loop C	C127	standard electric		50 amp				$34
Loop C	C128	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C129	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C98	rv nonelectric
Loop C	C99	rv nonelectric
Loop D	D01	standard electric	46 ft	50 amp	118 ft	1,312 ft	258 ft	$34
Loop D	D02	standard electric	46 ft	50 amp	86 ft	1,437 ft	184 ft	$34
Loop D	D03	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	86 ft	1,422 ft	101 ft	$34
Loop D	D04	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	107 ft	1,526 ft	110 ft	$34
Loop D	D05	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	81 ft	1,500 ft	79 ft	$34
Loop D	D06	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	81 ft	1,573 ft	128 ft	$34
Loop D	D07	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp	95 ft	1,569 ft	177 ft	$34
Loop D	D08	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	95 ft	1,648 ft	249 ft	$34
Loop D	D09	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp				$34
Loop D	D10	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	77 ft	1,639 ft	242 ft	$34
Loop D	D11	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp	77 ft	1,716 ft	177 ft	$34
Loop D	D12	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp	84 ft	1,797 ft	302 ft	$34
Loop D	D13	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	84 ft	1,874 ft	268 ft	$34
Loop D	D14	standard electric	54 ft	50 amp	89 ft	1,888 ft	177 ft	$34
Loop D	D15	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	89 ft	1,799 ft	122 ft	$34
Loop D	D16	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp	82 ft	1,712 ft	84 ft	$34
Loop D	D17	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	82 ft	1,636 ft	127 ft	$34
Loop D	D18	standard electric	56 ft	50 amp	85 ft	1,612 ft	201 ft	$34
Loop D	D19	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	80 ft	1,537 ft	235 ft	$34
Loop D	D20	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp	85 ft	1,551 ft	262 ft	$34
Loop D	D21	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp	80 ft	1,468 ft	217 ft	$34
Loop D	D22	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	110 ft	1,428 ft	140 ft	$34
Loop D	D23	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	75 ft	1,313 ft	205 ft	$34
Loop D	D24	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	64 ft	1,351 ft	108 ft	$34
Loop D	D25	standard electric	62 ft	50 amp	75 ft	1,264 ft	204 ft	$34
Loop D	D26	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	64 ft	1,311 ft	136 ft	$34
Loop D	D27	standard electric	52 ft	50 amp	82 ft	1,230 ft	219 ft	$34
Loop D	D28	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	82 ft	1,254 ft	221 ft	$34

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Sep 11, 2026

25 of 153 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate38.46778, -107.17583

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone970-641-2337

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

East Elk Creek Group Campsite1.2 mi

Dry Gulch Campground1.3 mi

Red Creek CampgroundGunnison Field Office · 3.1 mi

Red Creek Group SiteGunnison Field Office · 3.7 mi

Stevens Creek Campground4.6 mi

Gateview CampgroundGunnison Field Office · 6.8 mi

Getting there

Elk Creek is located off of US Hwy 50 between Gunnison and Montrose, along Blue Mesa reservoir.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Today64°Sunny

Tonight28°Mostly Clear

Saturday65°Sunny

Saturday Night31°Partly Cloudy

NWS forecast for Gunnison, CO

Source: National Weather Service, GJT forecast office · Oct 16, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 27°F, day 60°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night -1°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°32°-10°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: BLUE MESA LAKE, CO (USC00050797), 0.4 miles away and 38 ft higher

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Elk Creek Campground is in Colorado’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Jeff Hurd (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: recreation.gov is offering sites on 30 of the next 30 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 150 of the 153 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 75 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.041 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 522 rated federal campgrounds in Colorado · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

“…are in full swing during the summer months. Cell phone service is limited. Electric hookups are in Loop D for both 30 and 50 amps. Elk…”

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026