Ophir Creek Campground (CO)
1Heads up1 fire 3.5 mi away
- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $25From, per site
- Sites
- 3130 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices
In the agency’s own words
This campground is usually open Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend with full service and, depending on snow conditions, is usually open through the middle of October with reduced service. Ophir Creek Campground has several nearby activities, including hiking, bicycling and fishing in Ophir Creek. Keep reading
Recreation
Ophir Creek Campground has several nearby activities, including hiking, bicycling and fishing in Ophir Creek.
Facilities
Tent camping,Camping trailer,Toilets,Drinking water Natural Features Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (719) 489-2034.
Nearby Attractions
Available activities include hiking, fishing, bicycling, motorcycle, and ATV. Fishing in Ophir Creek. A short drive will take you to various trailheads.
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
ATV's are NOT PERMITTED to be ridden in this campground.
This Campground has a limit of 8 people; either 2 tents and 2 vehicles OR 1 RV in each campsite.
PLEASE NOTE: Campsites #20 to 31 are "TENT ONLY" as you must walk up a hill to access them. Parking for these sites is limited to cars/motorcycles only. There is no availablity for trailers or rooftop tents in these sites.
Everything else this campground posts · 3
hiking trail behind campsite 22 , one mile hike to small waterfall, Near by attractions 4 miles from campground Bishops Castle
camping fee includes two vehicles. Additional $10 each charge for extra vehicles.
Firewood is available for sale at host site for $10.00/bundle.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 31
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 15 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…Tent camping,Camping trailer,Toilets,Drinking water Natural Features Contact Info For facility specific…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Creek
- Biking
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Night sky · 365th darkest of 522 in CO
- Bortle 3
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 30 of the 31 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 · 13
What you actually pay
“Additional $10 each charge for extra vehicles.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $25 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
31 sites
All 31 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 30 of the 31 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| 1 | standard nonelectric | 15 ft | $25 |
| 10 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 11 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 12 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 13 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 14 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 15 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 16 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 17 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 18 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 19 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 2 | type not stated | ||
| 20 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 21 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 22 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 23 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 24 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 25 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 26 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 27 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 28 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 29 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 3 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 30 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 31 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 4 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 5 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 6 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 7 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 8 | standard nonelectric | $25 | |
| 9 | standard nonelectric | $25 |
25 of 31 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the phone number
Where it is
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Southside Campground - Lake IsabelSan Isabel National Forest · 6.1 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Beulah Valley, CO
Typical weather
Typical October night 26°F, day 61°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 8°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
Ophir Creek Campground (CO) 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 →