Jumbo Campground
- Right now
- Closed for the seasonOut of the season the agency publishes
- A night
- $26–$72Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 26All of them booked ahead
- Season
- June 14 – October 7Open June 14 through October 7
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Jumbo Campground is located on the northern slope of Colorado's Grand Mesa, in the Mesa Lakes area, which is home to over 300 lakes. Visitors enjoy the area for its great fishing, canoeing and hiking opportunities. Keep reading
Recreation
Jumbo and Sunset Lakes are open to non-motorized watercraft, making each a perfect place for canoeing and fishing. Anglers cast for brown, brook and rainbow trout. Numerous additional lakes in the area provide still more fishing and canoeing opportunities, as well as beautiful scenery. The West Bench Trail No. 501 is open to hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding. This popular path stretches several miles through the surrounding area.
Facilities
The campground offers single- and double-family campsites, most of which have electric hookups. A few single sites are accessible. Each site is equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring with grill. Vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided.
Natural Features
The campground is situated between Jumbo and Sunset Lakes along the Grand Mesa National Scenic and Historic Byway, at an elevation of 9,800 feet. A forest of mature spruce and aspen trees covers the area. Most sites have views of the lakes. A variety of wildlife, including deer and elk, frequents the area. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (928) 537-8888.
Nearby Attractions
The Grand Mesa National Scenic and Historic Byway offers 63 miles of scenic driving as it climbs from the rugged canyon floor, up to the forested mesa tops at 11,000 feet. The road passes sparkling lakes and meadows bursting with wildflowers. Many trailheads can be found along the byway. Grand Mesa Visitor Center is a short drive from the campground, at Island Lake. The center offers interpretive exhibits, a bookstore and a high-altitude wildflower garden containing over 50 native species. The town of Cedaredge is 26 miles from the campground. It is home to Pioneer Town, a 19th Century village with frontier museums and more than 20 structures. A historic schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, saloon and jail can be seen in the town. Cedaredge's "Applefest" festival is held annually in October.
What the agency tells you
Standard Single Family sites: Recreation Use Fee allows ONE camping unit ONLY.
Late Arrivals: campers are not considered a "no-show" until 24 hours after arrival date check in time. Our policy is that your site will not be released before that.
Extra Vehicles: Cannot be paid for in advance - upon arrival coordinate with the host for payment and where to park.
Everything else this campground posts · 6
America the Beautiful annual passes are not accepted at this campground; senior and Access passes are accepted
FIRST COME FIRST SERVE sites must be booked in person. DO NOT call to determine availability, as they are only available on-site.
Mosquitoes are abundant in the area; bring repellent
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.
Click here for more information on the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Opening and closing dates are weather permitting, please call 928-537-8888 for more information.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 26 · 4 tent-only
- Hookups
- 16 electric
- Longest rig
- 45 ft
- Paved pads
- 3 of 26
- Accessible sites
- 3
- Pets
- Allowed
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…table and campfire ring with grill. Vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided.…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…campfire ring with grill. Vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided. Natural Features…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Meadow
- Biking
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 324th darkest of 522 in CO
- Bortle 3
- Fall color · reported 12 days ago, 2 km away
- Peak color
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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, $26–$72 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.
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
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
26 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 25 mapped sitesAll 26 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 25 of the 26 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. 26 of the 26 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.
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 1 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 39 ft | 195 ft | 361 ft | $26 | ||
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 10 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | yes | 151 ft | 309 ft | 46 ft | $36–$72 |
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 11 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 106 ft | 381 ft | 172 ft | $36–$72 | |
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 12 | standard electric | 35 ft | 30 amp | 22 ft | 396 ft | 268 ft | $36–$72 | |
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 13 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | 22 ft | 402 ft | 265 ft | $36–$72 | |
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 14 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | 41 ft | 369 ft | 217 ft | $36–$72 | |
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 15 | standard electric | 35 ft | 30 amp | 41 ft | 331 ft | 186 ft | $36–$72 | |
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 16 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 44 ft | 326 ft | 124 ft | $36–$72 | |
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 17 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 44 ft | 359 ft | 115 ft | $36–$72 | |
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 18 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 36 ft | 387 ft | 101 ft | $26 | ||
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 19 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 36 ft | 364 ft | 86 ft | $26 | ||
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 2 | tent only nonelectric | 47 ft | 147 ft | 140 ft | $26 | |||
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 20 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 70 ft | 294 ft | 39 ft | $26 | |
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 21 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 67 ft | 224 ft | 149 ft | $26 | ||
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 22 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 61 ft | 247 ft | 211 ft | $36–$72 | |
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 23 | standard electric | 35 ft | 30 amp | 61 ft | 263 ft | 271 ft | $36–$72 | |
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 24 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 109 ft | 255 ft | 369 ft | $36–$72 | |
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 25 | tent only nonelectric | 30 ft | 15 ft | 231 ft | 323 ft | $26 | ||
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 26 | tent only nonelectric | 30 ft | 15 ft | 225 ft | 325 ft | $26 | ||
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 3 | standard electric | 30 ft | 47 ft | 153 ft | 141 ft | $36–$72 | ||
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 4 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | $26 | |||||
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 5 | tent only nonelectric | 127 ft | 125 ft | 245 ft | $26 | |||
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 6 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 56 ft | 204 ft | 232 ft | $36–$72 | |
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 7 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | 28 ft | 203 ft | 179 ft | $36–$72 | |
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 8 | standard electric | 35 ft | 30 amp | 28 ft | 227 ft | 156 ft | $36–$72 | |
| Jumbo Campground1-26 | 9 | standard electric | 35 ft | 30 amp | yes | 86 ft | 216 ft | 106 ft | $36–$72 |
25 of 26 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Moose Manor CabinGrand Mesa National Forest · 0.2 mi
Black Bear Cabin at Mesa Lakes (CO)Grand Mesa National Forest · 0.7 miSpruce Grove (CO)Grand Mesa National Forest · 0.7 mi
Island Lake CampgroundGrand Mesa National Forest · 4.7 miLittle BearGrand Mesa National Forest · 5.3 miLittle Bear Campground - Grand Valley RDGrand Mesa National Forest · 5.3 miFrom Mesa, Colo., travel south on State Route 65 for about 13 miles to the campground sign. Turn right into the campground.
The weather
the next four days
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Cedaredge, CO
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
Jumbo 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 →