Rocky Mountain National Park Glacier Basin Campground
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- A night
- $35From, per site
- Sites
- 157149 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 13 notices
In the agency’s own words
All campsites at Glacier Basin Campground are available by reservation only through Recreation.gov. To make a reservation, visit www.recreation.gov, use the Recreation.gov Mobile App, or call 1-877-444-6777. Glacier Basin Campground is located on the east side of RMNP at an elevation of 8,500 feet. There are 150 campsites available. To get to Glacier Basin Campground, drive up Bear Lake Road approximately 5 miles. The entrance to Glacier Basin Campground is across from the Park & Ride Parking Area. Any sites that are open are listed as "A" for available; this means those campsites are available to be reserved. Keep reading
Any campsite listed as “NR” has Not Yet Released; this means that those campsites are not yet available to be reserved. A number of campsites are available to be reserved up to 6-months in advance on a rolling window. Some campsites are available to be reserved 2-weeks prior to your desired camping date. Some campsites are available to be reserved 1-week prior to your desired camping date. Group campsites are available to be reserved 1-year in advance on a rolling window. Is a Timed Entry Reservation Included with my Camping Reservation? Yes. Campers with reservations for Glacier Basin Campground have a " Timed Entry+ Bear Lake Road" reservation included with your camping reservation. Your campground reservation will serve as your vehicle timed entry reservation. Campers can enter RMNP via the Grand Lake, Beaver Meadows or Fall River Entrances beginning at 1 p.m. on the first day of your camping reservation. Remember to print and bring a copy of your campground reservation with you and keep this in your vehicle. You will be asked to show your campground reservation confirmation at the park's entrance station upon arrival. When Can I Check into My Campsite? Check In begins at 1 p.m. for all campsites in Rocky Mountain National Park. What Time is Check Out? All campers must check out of their campsites in Rocky Mountain National Park by noon. How Many Nights Can I Stay at Glacier Basin Campground? In Rocky Mountain National Park, there is a 7-night limit for all campgrounds during the summer season. This means that campers can stay a total of 7 nights inside the park. This limit includes overnight stays at all campgrounds. For instance, a camper could spend 7 nights at Glacier Basin Campground or they could stay 3 nights at Glacier Basin Campground and 4 at Timber Creek Campground.
Recreation
Rocky Mountain National Park has over 350 miles of hiking trails that range from flat lakeside strolls to steep mountain climbs. One of the most popular activities in the park is wildlife viewing. There are excellent wildlife viewing opportunities to see elk, Mule deer, Bighorn sheep, hawks, a wide range of songbirds and more throughout the park. Rocky Mountain National Park offers some unforgettable scenic views along of the land above trees, over 1/3 of the park is alpine tundra. Enjoy incredible scenic drives along Trail Ridge Road and Old Fall River Road.
Facilities
Glacier Basin Campground contains several group and family tent-only sites, as well as RV sites without hookups. Each campsite is equipped with a picnic table, fire ring with grate and tent pad. Roads and parking spurs are paved. Flush toilets and drinking water are provided. There is a shuttle stop inside the campground for the park’s free shuttle bus. The shuttle system provides easy access to many trailheads and scenic destinations located throughout the Bear Lake Road Corridor. Click on the following link to learn more about the Bear Lake Road Corridor .
Natural Features
A pleasant mix of Douglas fir, Lodgepole pine, Ponderosa pine and the occasional Engelmann spruce forests the campground, offering equal amounts of sun and shade. Grasses, shrubs and seasonal wildflowers fill the open meadows. Wildlife is plentiful in the park, and while mule deer and the majestic Rocky Mountain elk are the most commonly seen, black bear, coyote, bighorn sheep and moose inhabit the region as well.
Nearby Attractions
The Town of Estes Park is a short drive from the campground, located outside of RMNP’s Beaver Meadows and Fall River Entrances. Dining, shopping, rafting, fly fishing, horseback riding, and golfing opportunities await. Lake Estes offers boating, sailboarding, and fishing.
What the agency tells you
Need to Know - You must scroll down and read all of the "Need to Know Information" below. By completing your camping reservation, you are agreeing to the following items. Use the scroll bar in this small window to scroll and read all the information.
Timed Entry Reservations: For visitors who are camping at Glacier Basin Campground, your Timed Entry + Bear Lake Road Reservation is included with your camping reservation. - Campers will be able to enter the park beginning at 1 p.m. on the first day of their camping reservation, which is also the check-in time for all park campgrounds. Campers who plan to enter the park earlier in the day will have to enter the park outside of the times when timed entry is in effect (for example, before 9 a.m. for most areas of the park) or make a timed entry reservation.
Check-in Time. Check-in begins at 1 p.m.
Everything else this campground posts · 10
Site Limits. Each site is limited to eight (8) persons and one camping unit (i.e., a tent, RV, or trailer/tow vehicle) plus one additional tent per standard nonelectric site. All tents shall be located on the tent pad. All additional camp structures must be self standing without impacts to vegetation or trees. Parking is limited to two (2) vehicles per site. A vehicle is defined as one vehicle, one trailer, one RV, or one towed unit. Each vehicle must be parked on the gravel or paved parking pad causing no resource degradation or encroachment onto the paved access road. Some sites will accommodate only one vehicle on the graveled parking pad. Extra vehicles must park in overflow areas. Maximum length of stay. The maximum length of stay during peak season is 7 nights. Please check the rules and regulations before making your reservation. Group loop sites 1 through 13 at Glacier Basin Campground are tent only. Vehicles larger than 21-ft are not permitted in the Group Loop.
Entrance Fee. A park entrance fee is required to enter Rocky Mountain National Park, or show your annual or lifetime park pass. You may pay the entrance fee upon arrival. Pass Discounts on Camping. If you use a Senior or Access Pass for a camping fee discount while booking a reservation, you must present the pass and photo ID upon check-in.
Be Advised: Glacier Basin Campground has a maximum vehicle length of 35 feet. (Trailer Length = Trailer + Hitch + Vehicle)
No Hookups. There are no hookups available. Dump Station. RV sewage and wastewater tanks must be emptied at the dump station. No Shower or Laundry. There are no shower or laundry facilities in the campground. The use of portable showers is not allowed.
Generator Hours In Glacier Basin Campground, generators are permitted in all Loop A, B, and D campsites and in some Loop C campsites. - Generator use is prohibited in all Group Sites and in Loop C sites 76-104. Generators may be run in the morning from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and in the evening from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Note for RV Campers: If you plan on renting an RV or camping equipment and having it delivered to Rocky Mountain National Park, it is your responsibility to make sure that the individual or business that you are renting the equipment from has a valid permit to do business in the park. It is illegal to conduct business in a park area without a permit, contract, or other written agreement. Renting from a business or individual without a Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) with the park may leave you without accommodations as the RV/camping equipment may be turned away upon delivery.
Food Storage and Wildlife. Bears, deer, elk, raccoons and skunks frequent the area. All food, pet food, cooking utensils and any other scented items must be stored in a food storage locker, located in the campground.
Firewood. Firewood is not available for purchase at Glacier Basin Campground. Firewood is available for purchase at stores in Estes Park. Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
Firewood. Firewood is available for purchase in the campground from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
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 .
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 157 · 85 tent-only, 11 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 35 ft
- Accessible sites
- 4
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets - seasonal
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Stay limit
- 7 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek, Meadow
- Amphitheater
- Backpacking
- Biking
- Canoeing
- Evening Programs
- Fishing
- Guided Interpretive Walks
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Ranger programs
- Kayaking
- Mountain Climbing
- Picnicking
- Ranger Station
- Night sky · 467th darkest of 522 in CO
- Bortle 4
- Fall color · reported 3 days ago, 9.6 km away
- Peak color
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 149 of the 157 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.
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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $35 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 Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
159 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 149 mapped sitesAll 159 records
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 149 of the 159 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.
| Group Sites | G001-S | group tent only area nonelectric | 18 ft | 130 ft | 764 ft | $50–$70 | |
| Group Sites | G003-M | group tent only area nonelectric | 18 ft | 75 ft | 670 ft | $50–$70 | |
| Group Sites | G004-M | group tent only area nonelectric | 18 ft | 75 ft | 690 ft | $50–$70 | |
| Group Sites | G005-M | group tent only area nonelectric | 18 ft | 108 ft | 443 ft | $50–$70 | |
| Group Sites | G006-M | group tent only area nonelectric | 18 ft | 81 ft | 399 ft | $50–$70 | |
| Group Sites | G007-L | group tent only area nonelectric | 18 ft | 81 ft | 327 ft | $50–$70 | |
| Group Sites | G008-S | group tent only area nonelectric | 18 ft | 108 ft | 174 ft | $50–$70 | |
| Group Sites | G009-L | group tent only area nonelectric | 18 ft | 108 ft | 278 ft | $50–$70 | |
| Group Sites | G010-S | group tent only area nonelectric | 18 ft | 125 ft | 276 ft | $50–$70 | |
| Group Sites | G011-S | group tent only area nonelectric | 18 ft | 198 ft | 469 ft | $50–$70 | |
| Group Sites | G012-M | group tent only area nonelectric | 18 ft | 259 ft | 609 ft | $50–$70 | |
| Loop A | A001 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 39 ft | 1,117 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A002 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 41 ft | 1,117 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A003 | tent only nonelectric | 39 ft | 1,149 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop A | A004 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 41 ft | 1,150 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A005 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 40 ft | 1,178 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A006 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 47 ft | 1,196 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A007 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 1,200 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop A | A008 | tent only nonelectric | 47 ft | 1,237 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop A | A009 | tent only nonelectric | 46 ft | 1,225 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop A | A010 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 51 ft | 1,269 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A011 | tent only nonelectric | 55 ft | 1,262 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop A | A012 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 58 ft | 1,309 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A013 | tent only nonelectric | 55 ft | 1,305 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop A | A014 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 52 ft | 1,374 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A015 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 58 ft | 1,369 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A016 | tent only nonelectric | 52 ft | 1,372 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop A | A017 | tent only nonelectric | 58 ft | 1,425 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop A | A018 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 58 ft | 1,331 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A019 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 66 ft | 1,438 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A020 | type not stated | 35 ft | 1,306 ft | |||
| Loop A | A021 | tent only nonelectric | 58 ft | 1,339 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop A | A022 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 46 ft | 1,242 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A023 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 65 ft | 1,257 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A024 | standard nonelectric | 21 ft | 36 ft | 1,198 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A025 | tent only nonelectric | 35 ft | 1,146 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop A | A026 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 36 ft | 1,162 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A027 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 33 ft | 1,117 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A028 | tent only nonelectric | 51 ft | 1,112 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop A | A029 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 33 ft | 1,093 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A030 | tent only nonelectric | 59 ft | 1,051 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop A | A031 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 62 ft | 1,067 ft | $35 | |
| Loop A | A032 | tent only nonelectric | 42 ft | 1,075 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop B | B033 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | 48 ft | 1,018 ft | $35 |
| Loop B | B034 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 35 ft | 1,042 ft | $35 | |
| Loop B | B035 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | yes | 35 ft | 1,008 ft | $35 |
| Loop B | B036 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 43 ft | 1,147 ft | $35 | |
| Loop B | B037 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 72 ft | 1,018 ft | $35 | |
| Loop B | B038 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 43 ft | 1,111 ft | $35 | |
| Loop B | B039 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 49 ft | 1,071 ft | $35 | |
| Loop B | B040 | tent only nonelectric | 78 ft | 1,193 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop B | B041 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 49 ft | 1,107 ft | $35 | |
| Loop B | B042 | tent only nonelectric | 50 ft | 1,292 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop B | B043 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 49 ft | 1,141 ft | $35 | |
| Loop B | B044 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 47 ft | 1,341 ft | $35 | |
| Loop B | B045 | tent only nonelectric | 49 ft | 1,180 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop B | B046 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 47 ft | 1,387 ft | $35 | |
| Loop B | B047 | tent only nonelectric | 53 ft | 1,309 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop B | B048 | tent only nonelectric | 62 ft | 1,357 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop B | B049 | tent only nonelectric | 53 ft | 1,362 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop B | B050 | tent only nonelectric | 63 ft | 1,307 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop B | B051 | tent only nonelectric | 55 ft | 1,415 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop B | B052 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 53 ft | 1,219 ft | $35 | |
| Loop B | B053 | tent only nonelectric | 87 ft | 1,471 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop B | B054 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 53 ft | 1,181 ft | $35 | |
| Loop B | B055 | tent only nonelectric | 73 ft | 1,391 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop B | B056 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 49 ft | 1,294 ft | $35 | |
| Loop B | B057 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 49 ft | 1,254 ft | $35 | |
| Loop B | B058 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 47 ft | 1,218 ft | $35 | |
| Loop B | B059 | standard nonelectric | 15 ft | 47 ft | 1,188 ft | $35 | |
| Loop B | B060 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | yes | 45 ft | 1,160 ft | $35 |
| Loop B | B061 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 45 ft | 1,201 ft | $35 |
| loop C | C063 | tent only nonelectric | 37 ft | 838 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C064 | type not stated | 28 ft | 870 ft | |||
| loop C | C065 | tent only nonelectric | 37 ft | 870 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C066 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 48 ft | 905 ft | $35 | |
| loop C | C067 | tent only nonelectric | 41 ft | 899 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C068 | tent only nonelectric | 41 ft | 934 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C069 | tent only nonelectric | 48 ft | 945 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C070 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 49 ft | 972 ft | $35 | |
| loop C | C071 | tent only nonelectric | 48 ft | 1,014 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C072 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 48 ft | 1,055 ft | $35 | |
| loop C | C073 | tent only nonelectric | 56 ft | 1,102 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C074 - HOST | host pad | 35 ft | 1,192 ft | |||
| loop C | C075 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 99 ft | 1,196 ft | $35 | |
| loop C | C076 | tent only nonelectric | 97 ft | 1,282 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C077 | tent only nonelectric | 68 ft | 1,365 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C078 | tent only nonelectric | 86 ft | 1,299 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C079 | tent only nonelectric | 68 ft | 1,421 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C081 | tent only nonelectric | 78 ft | 1,485 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C082 | tent only nonelectric | 64 ft | 1,434 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C083 | tent only nonelectric | 121 ft | 1,616 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C084 | tent only nonelectric | 64 ft | 1,479 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C085 | tent only nonelectric | 121 ft | 1,566 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C086 | tent only nonelectric | 87 ft | 1,607 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C087 | tent only nonelectric | 87 ft | 1,619 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C088 | tent only nonelectric | 107 ft | 1,613 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C089 | tent only nonelectric | 73 ft | 1,629 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C090 | tent only nonelectric | 73 ft | 1,567 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C091 | tent only nonelectric | 88 ft | 1,532 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C092 | tent only nonelectric | 63 ft | 1,399 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C093 | tent only nonelectric | 63 ft | 1,337 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C094 | tent only nonelectric | 63 ft | 1,358 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C095 | tent only nonelectric | 89 ft | 1,410 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C096 | tent only nonelectric | 98 ft | 1,466 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C097 | tent only nonelectric | 120 ft | 1,393 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C098 | tent only nonelectric | 90 ft | 1,435 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C099 | tent only nonelectric | 79 ft | 1,366 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C100 | tent only nonelectric | 61 ft | 1,404 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C101 | tent only nonelectric | 67 ft | 1,346 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C102 | tent only nonelectric | 45 ft | 1,359 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C103 | tent only nonelectric | 57 ft | 1,314 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C104 | tent only nonelectric | 45 ft | 1,329 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C105 | tent only nonelectric | 57 ft | 1,280 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C106 | tent only nonelectric | 59 ft | 1,282 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C107 | tent only nonelectric | 58 ft | 1,233 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C108 | type not stated | 35 ft | 1,237 ft | |||
| loop C | C109 | tent only nonelectric | 58 ft | 1,171 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C110 | tent only nonelectric | 74 ft | 1,194 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C111 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 54 ft | 1,118 ft | $35 | |
| loop C | C112 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 74 ft | 1,126 ft | $35 | |
| loop C | C113 | tent only nonelectric | 54 ft | 1,072 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C114 | tent only nonelectric | 60 ft | 1,008 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C115 | tent only nonelectric | 57 ft | 953 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C116 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 75 ft | 996 ft | $35 | |
| loop C | C117 | tent only nonelectric | 57 ft | 905 ft | $35 | ||
| loop C | C118 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 70 ft | 923 ft | $35 | |
| loop C | C119 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 58 ft | 852 ft | $35 | |
| loop C | C120 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 90 ft | 774 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D121 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 59 ft | 771 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D122 | tent only nonelectric | 76 ft | 736 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop D | D123 | type not stated | 788 ft | ||||
| Loop D | D124 | standard nonelectric | 21 ft | 76 ft | 775 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D125 | type not stated | 28 ft | 854 ft | |||
| Loop D | D126 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 80 ft | 824 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D127 - Removed ? Does not exist ? | type not stated | 28 ft | 865 ft | |||
| Loop D | D128 - HOST | host pad | 35 ft | 938 ft | |||
| Loop D | D129 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 59 ft | 921 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D130 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 72 ft | 966 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D131 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 52 ft | 980 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D132 | tent only nonelectric | 70 ft | 1,035 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop D | D133 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 49 ft | 1,032 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D134 | type not stated | 35 ft | 1,109 ft | |||
| Loop D | D135 | tent only nonelectric | 49 ft | 1,077 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop D | D136 | tent only nonelectric | 60 ft | 1,113 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop D | D137 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 58 ft | 1,113 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D138 | tent only nonelectric | 88 ft | 1,151 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop D | D139 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 58 ft | 1,076 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D140 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,038 ft | |||
| Loop D | D141 | tent only nonelectric | 55 ft | 989 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop D | D142 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 97 ft | 1,081 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D143 | tent only nonelectric | 50 ft | 934 ft | $35 | ||
| Loop D | D144 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 78 ft | 997 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D145 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 50 ft | 914 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D146 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 78 ft | 932 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D147 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 54 ft | 849 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D148 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 50 ft | 808 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D149 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 54 ft | 804 ft | $35 | |
| Loop D | D150 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 50 ft | 762 ft | $35 |
The agency files 2 more records here that aren’t sites for the night. It names them host pads. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.
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Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
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PawneeRoosevelt National Forest · 14 miFrom Estes Park, CO:
Drive on U.S. Highway 36 west from Estes Park. The closest entrance to the park is the Beaver Meadows Entrance. The turn for Bear Lake Road is approximately 0.2 miles from the Beaver Meadows Entrance, located on the left side of the road.
Drive up Bear Lake Road 5.2 miles. The turn to enter Glacier Basin Campground is located on the left side of Bear Lake Road and across from the Park & Ride parking area.
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The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Estes Park, CO
Typical weather
Typical October night 30°F, day 57°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical February night 16°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
Rocky Mountain National Park Glacier Basin Campground 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 →