Heaton Bay
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $29–$56Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 8784 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 13 notices
In the agency’s own words
Heaton Bay Campground is situated at an elevation of 9,000 feet and centrally located for recreation and relaxation in the White River National Forest. There is little or no shade in the campground due to pine beetle infestation and the removal of hazard trees, but the sites offer open views to Dillon Reservoir and several mountain ranges. Keep reading
Recreation
Dillon Reservoir is 3,233 acres with 26.8 miles of shoreline, offering an ideal spot for fishing, boating, and sailing. The reservoir supports a healthy population of rainbow and brown trout, in addition to a few cutthroat finding their way into the lake from feeder streams. Opportunities for hiking and biking in this area include more than 7 paved miles of the 50-mile Summit County trail system. The Old Dillon Reservoir Trail is a favorite. This short, easy trail has spectacular views of the Tenmile Range and the Continental Divide. For those wanting a bit more solitude, hiking in the Ptarmigan Wilderness area is a wonderful escape from the crowds.
Facilities
Heaton Bay Campground has 87 sites, able to accommodate tents, trailers and RVs. Walk-in only tent sites available of a first-come, first-served basis. The campground is equipped with picnic tables, campfire rings, vault toilets, and drinking water. Electrical hook-ups are available for a fee at several of the sites. Firewood is for sale from hosts at the campground. Boat ramp access is available in the marinas located in the nearby towns of Frisco and Dillon.
Natural Features
In the heart of the Rocky Mountains, the 2.3 million acre White River National Forest is a place of serenity and adventure, boasting 8 wilderness areas, 4 defined seasons, and 10 peaks surpassing 14,000 feet in elevation. Wildlife in the area abounds. Bighorn sheep navigate rocky ridges and bull elk bugle at dusk. Scenic rivers sustain populations of cutthroat, rainbow, and brown trout. Alpine regions provide habitat for pika and ptarmigan. These species, along with many others, depend on surrounding undeveloped wilderness, clean streams, and diverse forests to live.
Nearby Attractions
Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, Breckenridge, and Copper Mountain ski resorts are all located within 10 miles from Dillon Reservoir. These resorts stay open year round. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (801) 226-3564.
Charges & Cancellations
Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
What the agency tells you
Please Note: One RV per single site, two RV’S per double site, or one vehicle per single tent site or two vehicle per double tent site. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. Extra vehicle will be charged a per night fee and collected at the campground.
Body contact with reservoir prohibited; no swimming, water skiing, jetskiing, or scuba diving
All food, beverages, trash and scented items must be properly stored when not attended. Bear-proof food lockers are provided at each site and bear-proof trash receptacles are provided at the campground.
Everything else this campground posts · 10
Prevent the spread of invasive species by inspecting and cleaning packs, equipment, and tires before using lake or trails
Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (ELEVEN) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed.
Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing organisms by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
Any accepted senior passes must be entered for the discount at the time of booking for single sites only.
Click here for more information about White River National Forest
Campers must occupy the site the first night at a campsite. This prevents booking the site for Fri-Sun and showing up on Saturday.
Campers may leave the site for 24 hours and must occupy the site otherwise. This allows a camper to say go for an overnight backpack trip in the woods for one night and come back to their campsite the next day.
Check in time is 2:00pm and Check out time is 11:00am It is imperative that you are clear from the site at 11:00am on your check out day so the host can come prepare the site for the next event. Please don't be the group that makes the incoming group have to wait.
Customer Service Contact 801-226-3564 or Help.WhiteRiver.Dillon@AmericanLL.com
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 87 · 18 tent-only
- Hookups
- 14 electric, 17 water
- Longest rig
- 40 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…with picnic tables, campfire rings, vault toilets, and drinking water. Electrical hook-ups are…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…campfire rings, vault toilets, and drinking water. Electrical hook-ups are available for a fee at…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Firewood
- Sold here
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, River, Creek, Beach, Coast
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 477th darkest of 522 in CO
- Bortle 4
- Fall color · reported 14 days ago, 15 km away
- Peak color
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 84 of the 87 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
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.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
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.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 15
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $29–$56 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.
“Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.” · this campground’s own terms
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 · 6
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
87 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 84 mapped sitesAll 87 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 87 of the 87 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. 84 of the 87 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| LOPA | 001 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 49 ft | 434 ft | 470 ft | $29 | |
| LOPA | 002 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 49 ft | 387 ft | 496 ft | $29 | |
| LOPA | 003 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 85 ft | 441 ft | 390 ft | $29 | |
| LOPA | 004 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 83 ft | 371 ft | 357 ft | $29 | |
| LOPA | 005 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 88 ft | 348 ft | 330 ft | $29 | |
| LOPA | 006 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 68 ft | 339 ftDillon Reservoir | 235 ft | $29 | |
| LOPA | 007 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 68 ft | 376 ftDillon Reservoir | 194 ft | $29 | |
| LOPA | 008 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 55 ft | 455 ftDillon Reservoir | 247 ft | $29 | |
| LOPA | 009 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 55 ft | 455 ft | 302 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 010 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 77 ft | 260 ft | 509 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 011 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 77 ft | 193 ft | 547 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 012 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 76 ft | 246 ft | 468 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 013 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 76 ft | 232 ft | 443 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 014 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 107 ft | 173 ft | 503 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 015 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 93 ft | 208 ft | 602 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 016 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 72 ft | 198 ftDillon Reservoir | 669 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 017 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 72 ft | 247 ftDillon Reservoir | 597 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 018 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 78 ft | 153 ftDillon Reservoir | 649 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 019 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 78 ft | 153 ftDillon Reservoir | 610 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 020 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 61 ft | 185 ftDillon Reservoir | 534 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 021 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 61 ft | 125 ftDillon Reservoir | 509 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 022 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 59 ft | 165 ftDillon Reservoir | 430 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 023 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 49 ft | 199 ftDillon Reservoir | 392 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 024 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 49 ft | 248 ftDillon Reservoir | 415 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 025 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 67 ft | 289 ft | 404 ft | $29 | |
| LOPB | 026 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 75 ft | 296 ftDillon Reservoir | 332 ft | $29 | |
| LOPC | C27 | rv electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 88 ft | 359 ft | 1,053 ft | $45 |
| LOPC | C28 | rv electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 88 ft | 325 ft | 967 ft | $45 |
| LOPC | C29 | rv electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 70 ft | 319 ft | 894 ft | $45 |
| LOPC | C30 | rv electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 244 ft | 954 ft | $45 |
| LOPC | C31 | rv electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 266 ft | 890 ft | $45 |
| LOPC | C32 | rv electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 71 ft | 168 ft | 946 ft | $45 |
| LOPC | C33 | rv electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 71 ft | 115 ft | 1,017 ft | $45 |
| LOPC | C34 | rv electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 194 ft | 996 ft | $45 |
| LOPC | C35 | type not stated | 40 ft | 50 amp | 99 ft | 1,099 ft | ||
| LOPC | C36 | type not stated | 40 ft | 50 amp | 207 ft | 1,147 ft | ||
| LOPC | C37 | rv electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 72 ft | 209 ft | 1,121 ft | $45 |
| LOPC | C38 | rv electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 72 ft | 244 ft | 1,151 ft | $45 |
| LOPC | C39 | rv electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 271 ft | 1,077 ft | $45 |
| LOPC | C40 | rv electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 347 ft | 1,169 ft | $45 |
| LOPC | C41 | rv electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 278 ft | 1,093 ft | $45 |
| LOPC | C42 | type not stated | 40 ft | 50 amp | 392 ft | 1,158 ft | ||
| LOPC | C43 | rv electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 168 ft | 405 ft | 1,165 ft | $45 |
| LOPD | D44 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 157 ft | 100 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,068 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPD | D45 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 106 ft | 152 ftDillon Reservoir | 954 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPD | D46 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 40 ft | 65 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,028 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPD | D47 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 40 ft | 69 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,023 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPD | D48 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 57 ft | 65 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,032 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPD | D49 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 115 ft | 69 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,048 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPD | D50 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 167 ft | 134 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,188 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPD | D51 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 124 ft | 150 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,025 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPD | D52 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 125 ft | 80 ftDillon Reservoir | 918 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPD | D53 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 75 ft | 143 ftDillon Reservoir | 788 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPD | D54 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 75 ft | 181 ftDillon Reservoir | 859 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPD | D55 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 79 ft | 192 ftDillon Reservoir | 940 ft | $29 | |
| LOPD | D56 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 79 ft | 200 ftDillon Reservoir | 916 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPE | E57 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 80 ft | 287 ft | 1,222 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E58 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 80 ft | 211 ft | 1,147 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E59 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 67 ft | 243 ft | 1,163 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E60 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 67 ft | 176 ft | 1,097 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E61 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 84 ft | 188 ft | 1,059 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E62 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 84 ft | 271 ft | 1,129 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E63 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 58 ft | 292 ft | 1,031 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E64 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 58 ft | 322 ft | 1,088 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E65 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 96 ft | 259 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,023 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E66 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 67 ft | 268 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,123 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E67 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 67 ft | 291 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,188 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E68 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 95 ft | 223 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,283 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E69 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 77 ft | 162 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,393 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E70 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 77 ft | 85 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,426 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E71 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 117 ft | 75 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,368 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E72 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 78 ft | 198 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,223 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E73 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 70 ft | 200 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,210 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E74 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 70 ft | 162 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,258 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E75 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 95 ft | 73 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,352 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E76 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 71 ft | 127 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,432 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E77 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 67 ft | 195 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,360 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E78 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 67 ft | 155 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,364 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E79 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 76 ft | 95 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,283 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E80 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 76 ft | 126 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,248 ft | $29 | |
| LOPE | E81 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 115 ft | 215 ftDillon Reservoir | 1,225 ft | $29 | |
| LOPT | T01 | tent only nonelectric | 30 ft | 55 ft | 451 ftDillon Reservoir | 173 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPT | T02 | tent only nonelectric | 30 ft | 38 ft | 396 ftDillon Reservoir | 121 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPT | T03 | tent only nonelectric | 30 ft | 38 ft | 359 ftDillon Reservoir | 91 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPT | T04 | tent only nonelectric | 30 ft | 36 ft | 319 ftDillon Reservoir | 63 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPT | T05 | tent only nonelectric | 30 ft | 36 ft | 282 ftDillon Reservoir | 51 ft | $29–$56 | |
| LOPT | T06 | tent only nonelectric | 40 ft | 39 ft | 243 ftDillon Reservoir | 63 ft | $29–$56 |
25 of 87 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Peak OneWhite River National Forest · 1.5 mi
Windy Point Group (CO)White River National Forest · 1.8 mi
Lowry CampgroundWhite River National Forest · 2.4 mi
ProspectorWhite River National Forest · 2.4 mi
Blue River Campground (CO)White River National Forest · 8.8 miFrom I-70, take Frisco exit to 203. Turn left onto the Dillon Dam Road. Travel northeast for 1 mile. The campground will be on the right hand side of the road.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Frisco, CO
Typical weather
Typical October night 21°F, day 54°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 2°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
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.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Heaton Bay is in Colorado’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Joe Neguse (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A+. See every public-lands vote →