Lakeview Campground
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- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $30From, per site
- Sites
- 5351 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 15 notices
In the agency’s own words
Lakeview Campground, with wonderful views of the Twin Lakes Reservoir, is located about 20 miles south of Leadville, Colorado. The campground attracts many hikers looking to explore nature and the hiking trails in the surrounding area. Boaters can launch their craft at the nearby boat dock and fishing enthusiasts can find numerous locations at Twin Lakes Reservoir for fishing. Keep reading
Recreation
The Continental Divide Trail, which runs from Canada to Mexico, is a non-motorized trail that passes Lakeview Campground. Mountain bikes are allowed in the section from Halfmoon Road south to Twin Lakes. Approximately 300 miles of the trail goes through Colorado. South of the campground lies Twin Lakes, Colorado's largest natural glacier lakes. Sailing and water skiing are among the popular activities here. Fishing includes lake, rainbow and mackinaw trout.
Facilities
This campground has single family sites. Each site is equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring. Vault toilets and trash collection are provided. Firewood may be purchased at the Host site.
Natural Features
Lakeview is situated in a ponderosa pine and sage habitat at an elevation of 9,500 feet. The site is between Mt. Elbert Forebay and Twin Lakes. The Twin Lakes Reservoir spans 2,805 acres and Mount Elbert stands tall at 14,433 feet. To the north is the Mount Massive Wilderness area, 30,540 acres encompassing Mount Massive, Colorado’s second highest peak at 14,421 feet. To the south is the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness with 8 peaks over 14,000 ft high. Much of the wilderness is above timberline with many alpine plant communities and permanent snowfields. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (661) 702-1420.
Nearby Attractions
The Top of the Rockies Scenic Byway leads to Independence Pass, one of the highest paved passes in Colorado. The historic mining town, Leadville, is a half hour away.
Charges & Cancellations
Cancellations Individual Campsites: Cancellations up to 2 days before a reservation start date incur a $10.00 cancellation fee. A visitor who cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee including tax and applicable add-on for a campsite. Cancellations for a one-night reservation will forfeit the entire amount paid and will not be subject to an additional service fee. No-Shows A no-show visitor is one who does not arrive at a campground and does not cancel the reservation by check-out time on the day after the scheduled arrival date. Staff will hold a campsite until check-out time on the day following the arrival date. No-shows are assessed $20.00 service fee and forfeit the first night's rate, taxes and applicable add-on for a campsite. Refunds Visitors may submit a refund request through their Recreation.gov profile within 7 days of the end date of their reservation. Refunds will not be issued after the 7 days has ended. Refunds for debit or credit card payments will be issued as a credit to the original bank or credit card used to pay. For check or cash purchases, Recreation.gov will mail a Treasury check for refunds of cash, check, or money order payments to the address associated with the reservation. Treasury check refunds may take up to 6-8 weeks to arrive. In the event of an emergency closure, the Recreation.gov team or facility manager will refund all fees and will attempt to notify you using the contact information within the Recreation.gov visitor profile.
What the agency tells you
Water will not be available in this campground in 2026. Please bring enough water for your needs, including water to fully extinguish your campfire. Also, RV dump stations at both Printer Boy & White Star Campgrounds will remain closed this season.
Check in: 2 pm, Check out: 12 pm (noon)
Two (2) vehicles are included with each campsite reservation. RVs and their tow vehicle, as well as vehicles towing camper trailers, are considered one vehicle when they arrive as a single unit. Vehicles beyond that would be subject to the additional vehicle fee ($11.00/night) collected at the campground upon arrival. Boat/ATV trailers are considered an additional vehicle and will be charged the extra vehicle fee per night. Please note that all vehicles must fit in the parking spur. Please no parking on the grass.
Everything else this campground posts · 12
Maximum of 8 people are permitted to occupy 1 site.
3 tent maximum per site, or 1 RV and 2 tents
Dogs, including service and therapy dogs, must be leashed at all times
Generators may not be operated after 10 PM, CPAP machines and other medical equipment are not exempt.
Be bear aware. Do not leave any food unattended at your site. Lock inside your vehicle or RV.
OHVs, ATVs, and dirt bikes are not permitted to operate in any campground
Firearms and fireworks are not permitted.
No hookups available
This is a high elevation facility, please use caution when traveling from lower elevations
For more information on Pike and San Isabel National Forests, click here
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.
Firewood is available for sale at host site for $10.00/bundle.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 53
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 60 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…with a picnic table and campfire ring. Vault toilets and trash collection are provided. Firewood may be…”
- Firewood
- Sold here
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Swimming
- Night sky · 296th darkest of 522 in CO
- Bortle 3
- Fall color · reported 7 days ago, 29 km away
- Peak color
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 51 of the 53 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 · 14
What you actually pay
“Extra Vehicle Fee $10.00” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $30 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.
“Cancellations Individual Campsites: Cancellations up to 2 days before a reservation start date incur a $10.00 cancellation fee. A visitor who cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee including tax and applicable add-on for a cam…” · this campground’s own no-show 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 · 7
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
72 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 51 mapped sitesAll 72 records
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 53 of the 72 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. 53 of the 72 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.
| A | A001 | standard nonelectric | 47 ft | 85 ft | 1,687 ft | 38 ft | $30 |
| A | A002 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 33 ft | 1,627 ft | 78 ft | $30 |
| A | A003 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 33 ft | 1,601 ft | 108 ft | $30 |
| A | A004 | rv nonelectric | 40 ft | 42 ft | 1,536 ft | 122 ft | $30 |
| A | A005 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 42 ft | 1,544 ft | 108 ft | $30 |
| A | A006 | rv nonelectric | 40 ft | 32 ft | 1,493 ft | 182 ft | $30 |
| A | A007 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 32 ft | 1,512 ft | 182 ft | $30 |
| A | A008 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 36 ft | 1,503 ft | 213 ft | $30 |
| A | A009 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 46 ft | 1,519 ft | 238 ft | $30 |
| A | A010 | rv nonelectric | 30 ft | 29 ft | 1,645 ft | 264 ft | $30 |
| A | A011 | rv nonelectric | 42 ft | 29 ft | 1,659 ft | 239 ft | $30 |
| A | A012 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 49 ft | 1,649 ft | 191 ft | $30 |
| A | A013 | rv nonelectric | 28 ft | 53 ft | 1,676 ft | 148 ft | $30 |
| A | A014 | type not stated | 40 ft | 1,697 ft | 100 ft | $30 | |
| B | B001 | rv nonelectric | 30 ft | 81 ft | 1,915 ft | 140 ft | $30 |
| B | B002 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 55 ft | 2,024 ft | 140 ft | $30 |
| B | B003 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 55 ft | 1,974 ft | 115 ft | $30 |
| B | B004 | standard nonelectric | 29 ft | 64 ft | 1,943 ft | 53 ft | $30 |
| B | B005 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 81 ft | 1,914 ft | 61 ft | $30 |
| C | C001 | rv nonelectric | 50 ft | 36 ft | 1,886 ft | 82 ft | $30 |
| C | C002 | rv nonelectric | 60 ft | 36 ft | 1,852 ft | 49 ft | $30 |
| C | C003 | type not stated | 46 ft | 1,712 ft | 109 ft | $30 | |
| C | C004 | rv nonelectric | 33 ft | 112 ft | 1,716 ft | 117 ft | $30 |
| C | C005 | rv nonelectric | 39 ft | 49 ft | 1,803 ft | 126 ft | $30 |
| C | C006 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 49 ft | 1,851 ft | 117 ft | $30 |
| C | C007 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 93 ft | 1,954 ft | 177 ft | $30 |
| C | C008 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 93 ft | 1,955 ft | 136 ft | $30 |
| D | D001 | rv nonelectric | 37 ft | 95 ft | 2,373 ft | 275 ft | $30 |
| D | D002 | rv nonelectric | 35 ft | 25 ft | 2,330 ft | 182 ft | $30 |
| D | D003 | rv nonelectric | 36 ft | 25 ft | 2,315 ft | 161 ft | $30 |
| D | D004 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 33 ft | 2,315 ft | 129 ft | $30 |
| D | D005 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 65 ft | 2,352 ft | 43 ft | $30 |
| D | D006 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 65 ft | 2,342 ft | 79 ft | $30 |
| D | D007 | rv nonelectric | 35 ft | 92 ft | 2,276 ft | 54 ft | $30 |
| E | E001 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 48 ft | 2,352 ft | 391 ft | $30 |
| E | E002 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 48 ft | 2,316 ft | 368 ft | $30 |
| E | E003 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 106 ft | 2,282 ft | 288 ft | $30 |
| E | E004 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 59 ft | 2,255 ft | 217 ft | $30 |
| E | E005 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 20 ft | 2,229 ft | 220 ft | $30 |
| E | E006 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 20 ft | 2,248 ft | 200 ft | $30 |
| E | E007 | standard nonelectric | 33 ft | 69 ft | 2,227 ft | 217 ft | $30 |
| E | E008 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 137 ft | 2,353 ft | 166 ft | $30 |
| E | E009 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 130 ft | 2,525 ft | 186 ft | $30 |
| E | E010 | standard nonelectric | 39 ft | 125 ft | 2,495 ft | 67 ft | $30 |
| E | E011 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 31 ft | 2,436 ft | 69 ft | $30 |
| E | E012 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 31 ft | 2,409 ft | 90 ft | $30 |
| E | E013 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 105 ft | 2,368 ft | 195 ft | $30 |
| F | F001 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 75 ft | 2,122 ft | 202 ft | $30 |
| F | F002 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 75 ft | 2,133 ft | 146 ft | $30 |
| F | F003 | rv nonelectric | 24 ft | 76 ft | 2,288 ft | 49 ft | $30 |
| F | F004 | rv nonelectric | 28 ft | 76 ft | 2,315 ft | 62 ft | $30 |
| F | F005 | rv nonelectric | 37 ft | 89 ft | 2,387 ft | 153 ft | $30 |
| F | F006 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 89 ft | 2,476 ft | 233 ft | $30 |
| MANAGEMENT | XXX | unnamed record | 35 ft | $30 | |||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX1 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX10 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX11 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX12 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX13 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX14 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX15 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX16 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX17 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX18 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX2 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX3 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX4 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX5 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX6 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX7 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX8 | unnamed record | $30 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT | XXX9 | unnamed record | $30 |
The agency files 19 more records here that aren’t sites for the night. It types every one of them MANAGEMENT rather than a campsite. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.
25 of 72 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
White StarSan Isabel National Forest · 0.7 miWhitestar CampgroundSan Isabel National Forest · 0.9 miDexterSan Isabel National Forest · 2.1 miParry PeakSan Isabel National Forest · 3.4 miTwin Peaks CampgroundSan Isabel National Forest · 3.9 miTwin Peaks (CO)San Isabel National Forest · 3.9 miFrom Leadville, Colorado, drive south 15 miles on Highway 24, turn right on Highway 82 and travel 4 miles to Lake County Road 24. Turn right on Lake County Road 24, and go 1 mile north to the Lakeview Campground on the left.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Twin Lakes, CO
Typical weather
Typical October night 26°F, day 53°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 5°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
Lakeview Campground is in Colorado’s 7th congressional district. Its representative, Brittany Pettersen (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A+. See every public-lands vote →