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U.S. Forest Service · San Juan National Forest · CO

Vallecito Campground

ReservableOut of season, no booking; December 5 opens June 5.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: OpenInside the published season, our reading; a database flag says not open
A night: $32–$45Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 79All of them booked ahead
Season: May 1Opens May 1. No closing date published.

Photos · ExplorUS

50 ftLongest rig

7,910 ftElevation

434 ftWater · Vallecito Creek

15.8 miN of Bayfield, CO

41%Tree cover

Opens May 1. No closing date published.Today

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 5 notices

In the agency’s own words

Vallecito Campground is a very popular site and one of the largest within the San Juan National Forest. It sits on Vallecito Creek, adjacent to the Weminuche Wilderness. Visitors enjoy the area for its trail and fishing opportunities, which are part of a very scenic, natural setting. Keep reading

Recreation

Vallecito Creek offers fishing for rainbow, cutthroat and brook trout. Anglers must use artificial flies and lures due to the creek's location within the wilderness area. The Vallecito Creek Trail begins at the campground entrance. This popular trail is open to hiking and horseback riding only and is a main access point to the Weminuche Wilderness. Parking is available at the trailhead. Hitching racks and a horse staging area with a loading ramp for livestock is on-site, but no overnight horse camping is allowed.

Facilities

The campground offers 80 single-family sites, a few of which have electric hookups. Sites are equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Day-use picnic sites are located along the creek at the campground entrance and are available for a fee.

Natural Features

Vallecito, which is Spanish for "little valley," sits at an elevation of 8,000 feet, high in the beautiful San Juan Mountains. A forest of ponderosa pine, aspen and gambel oak trees covers the campground. Most sites are large and fairly level. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (661) 702-1420.

Nearby Attractions

Vallecito Lake is located four miles from the campground and offers boating, water skiing, fishing and hiking opportunities, as well as beautiful scenery.

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.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

This is bear country; please practice safe food storage techniques

Rule

For general information about the San Juan National Forest, please call (970) 884-2512. Campsite availability is not available at this phone number

Rule

Click here for more information on the San Juan National Forest

Everything else this campground posts · 2

Rule

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.

Rule

First Come First Served (FCFS) Campsites are also available at this campground

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 79
Hookups: 13 electric
Longest rig: 50 ft
Accessible sites: None listed
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Vault Toilets; “…with a picnic table and campfire ring. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Day-use picnic…”
Drinking water: Yes; “…and campfire ring. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Day-use picnic sites are located…”
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, Creek; Boating; Fishing; Hiking; Horseback riding; Water sports
Night sky · 179th darkest of 522 in CO: Bortle 2
Fall color · reported 9 days ago, 5.5 km away: Patchy color

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (5.5 km) · Oct 8, 2026

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.

Booking windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. On December 5, 2026 at 10 AM ET, availability opens through June 5, 2027.recreation.gov Add to calendar (.ics)

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night$32–$45plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$72–$98DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservation; this campground publishes its own terms toorecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itRocky Mountain Recreation CompanyA private concessionaire under permit from U.S. Forest Service (parent: ExplorUS)the operator link

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.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

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.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 14

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service

A night, per site$32–$45

Standard Nonelectric$32

Standard Nonelectric- Premium$40

Standard Electric$45

These are next season’s rates, Jun 5, 2027 to Sep 26, 2027. The campground is between seasons now.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$40–$53

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$72–$98

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $32–$45 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.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

“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 · 6

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Oct 1, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

This campground’s own terms: recreation.gov facility cancellation policy for this campground, quoted verbatim. Recreation.gov states that policies listed for specific locations supersede its site-wide policies. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

79 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 78 mapped sites

70 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

95%of tent sites sit clear of electric or RV sites

Most roomLOOP C 014 134 ftLOOP B 013 133 ftLOOP B 003 122 ftLOOP D 017 121 ftLOOP W 012 118 ft

Least roomLOOP C 008 52 ftLOOP C 009 52 ftLOOP C 003 52 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 79 sites

78 of 79 sites located

Standard65RV / electric13

001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 014 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 78 of the 79 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. 79 of the 79 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.


LOOP B	001	standard nonelectric	32 ft		96 ft	151 ft	580 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	002	standard nonelectric	50 ft		96 ft	140 ft	677 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	003	standard nonelectric	30 ft		122 ft	116 ft	797 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	004	standard nonelectric	30 ft		64 ft	102 ft	926 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	005	standard nonelectric	32 ft		64 ft	159 ft	937 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	006	standard nonelectric	28 ft		66 ft	162 ft	1,093 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	007	standard nonelectric	32 ft		66 ft	226 ft	1,129 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	008	standard nonelectric	32 ft		63 ft	259 ft	1,250 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	009	standard nonelectric	30 ft		63 ft	201 ft	1,236 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	010	standard nonelectric	40 ft		69 ft	157 ft	1,334 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	011	standard nonelectric	35 ft		69 ft	219 ft	1,362 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	012	standard nonelectric	30 ft		93 ft	150 ftFall Creek	1,434 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	013	standard nonelectric	20 ft		133 ft	171 ftFall Creek	1,520 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	014	standard nonelectric	35 ft		62 ft	302 ftFall Creek	1,432 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	015	standard nonelectric	30 ft		62 ft	331 ftFall Creek	1,470 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	016	standard nonelectric	30 ft		80 ft	420 ft	1,284 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	017	standard nonelectric	30 ft		77 ft	450 ft	1,261 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	018	standard nonelectric	32 ft		77 ft	428 ft	1,193 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	019	standard nonelectric	35 ft		56 ft	394 ft	1,109 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	020	standard nonelectric	38 ft		56 ft	339 ft	1,075 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	021	standard nonelectric	32 ft		81 ft	311 ft	1,000 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	022	standard nonelectric	40 ft		73 ft	311 ft	920 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	023	standard nonelectric	40 ft		73 ft	383 ft	940 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	024	standard nonelectric	32 ft		70 ft	372 ft	826 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	025	standard nonelectric	32 ft		70 ft	304 ft	794 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	026	standard nonelectric	32 ft		86 ft	380 ft	746 ft	$32–$40
LOOP B	027	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	84 ft	366 ft	637 ft	$45
LOOP B	028	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp	84 ft	286 ft	647 ft	$45
LOOP B	029	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp	82 ft	247 ft	550 ft	$45
LOOP B	030	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp	82 ft	322 ft	509 ft	$45
LOOP B	031	standard nonelectric	40 ft		104 ft	235 ft	421 ft	$32–$40
LOOP C	001	standard nonelectric	28 ft		69 ft	438 ftFall Creek	1,387 ft	$32–$40
LOOP C	002	standard nonelectric	28 ft		69 ft	498 ftFall Creek	1,402 ft	$32–$40
LOOP C	003	standard nonelectric	28 ft		52 ft	437 ftFall Creek	1,594 ft	$32–$40
LOOP C	004	standard nonelectric	28 ft		57 ft	485 ftFall Creek	1,699 ft	$32–$40
LOOP C	005	standard nonelectric	35 ft		52 ft	483 ftFall Creek	1,615 ft	$32–$40
LOOP C	006	standard nonelectric	28 ft		57 ft	524 ftFall Creek	1,721 ft	$32–$40
LOOP C	007	standard nonelectric	28 ft		62 ft	576 ftFall Creek	1,732 ft	$32–$40
LOOP C	008	standard nonelectric	28 ft		52 ft	625 ftFall Creek	1,662 ft	$32–$40
LOOP C	009	standard nonelectric	40 ft		52 ft	641 ftFall Creek	1,703 ft	$32–$40
LOOP C	010	standard nonelectric	32 ft		66 ft	702 ftFall Creek	1,662 ft	$32–$40
LOOP C	011	standard nonelectric	30 ft		57 ft	697 ftFall Creek	1,566 ft	$32–$40
LOOP C	012	standard nonelectric	40 ft		57 ft	746 ftFall Creek	1,539 ft	$32–$40
LOOP C	014	standard nonelectric	35 ft		133 ft	646 ft	1,399 ft	$32–$40
LOOP C	015	standard nonelectric	28 ft					$32–$40
LOOP D	001	standard nonelectric	30 ft		63 ft	553 ft	1,045 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	002	standard nonelectric	30 ft		57 ft	570 ft	1,103 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	003	standard nonelectric	30 ft		57 ft	513 ft	1,067 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	004	standard nonelectric	30 ft		53 ft	589 ft	1,169 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	005	standard nonelectric	40 ft		53 ft	537 ft	1,139 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	006	standard nonelectric	30 ft		86 ft	596 ft	1,268 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	007	standard nonelectric	30 ft		70 ft	679 ft	1,347 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	008	standard nonelectric	30 ft		70 ft	686 ft	1,313 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	009	standard nonelectric	30 ft		54 ft	776 ft	1,336 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	010	standard nonelectric	30 ft		54 ft	723 ft	1,302 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	011	standard nonelectric	30 ft		60 ft	822 ft	1,217 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	012	standard nonelectric	50 ft		60 ft	767 ft	1,195 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	013	standard nonelectric	40 ft		81 ft	749 ft	1,127 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	014	standard nonelectric	30 ft		61 ft	687 ft	1,029 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	015	standard nonelectric	30 ft		61 ft	696 ft	988 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	016	standard nonelectric	30 ft		72 ft	625 ft	938 ft	$32–$40
LOOP D	017	standard nonelectric	30 ft		121 ft	506 ft	928 ft	$32–$40
LOOP W	001	standard nonelectric	28 ft		63 ft	276 ft	319 ft	$32–$40
LOOP W	002	standard nonelectric	28 ft		63 ft	314 ft	256 ft	$32–$40
LOOP W	003	standard nonelectric	28 ft		65 ft	416 ft	269 ft	$32–$40
LOOP W	004	standard nonelectric	28 ft		65 ft	417 ft	333 ft	$32–$40
LOOP W	005	standard electric	28 ft	50 amp	99 ft	525 ft	451 ft	$45
LOOP W	006	standard electric	28 ft	50 amp	96 ft	445 ft	493 ft	$45
LOOP W	007	standard electric	28 ft	50 amp	61 ft	475 ft	588 ft	$45
LOOP W	008	standard electric	28 ft	50 amp	61 ft	528 ft	571 ft	$45
LOOP W	009	standard nonelectric	28 ft		70 ft	559 ft	671 ft	$32–$40
LOOP W	010	standard nonelectric	28 ft		70 ft	509 ft	693 ft	$32–$40
LOOP W	011	standard electric	28 ft	50 amp	79 ft	566 ft	769 ft	$45
LOOP W	012	standard nonelectric	28 ft		118 ft	688 ft	791 ft	$32–$40
LOOP W	013	standard electric	28 ft	50 amp	93 ft	698 ft	701 ft	$45
LOOP W	014	standard electric	28 ft	50 amp	92 ft	704 ft	628 ft	$45
LOOP W	015	standard electric	28 ft	50 amp	78 ft	638 ft	539 ft	$45
LOOP W	016	standard electric	28 ft	50 amp	78 ft	686 ft	510 ft	$45
LOOP W	017	standard nonelectric	28 ft		98 ft	614 ft	418 ft	$32–$40

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Oct 1, 2026

25 of 79 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions

Coordinate37.47750, -107.54667

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Pine RiverSan Juan National Forest · 3.1 mi

Middle MountainSan Juan National Forest · 4.8 mi

Pine Point CampgroundSan Juan National Forest · 5.4 mi

Pine Point (Vallecito Reservoir, CO)San Juan National Forest · 5.4 mi

North Canyon CampgroundSan Juan National Forest · 5.8 mi

Graham Creek CampgroundSan Juan National Forest · 6.0 mi

Getting there

From the western side of the reservoir, on County Road 501, pass through the community of Vallecito. Turn north on County Road 500 and drive about 3 miles to the campground.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Overnight38°Clear

Saturday56°Sunny

Saturday Night41°Partly Cloudy4% rain

Sunday53°Partly Sunny then Chance Rain Showers34% rain

NWS forecast for Bayfield, CO

Source: National Weather Service, GJT forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

Typical weather

Typical May night 35°F, day 66°F.

Coldest night of the open season: typical May night 35°F. Bring the bag rated for it.

90°32°0°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season

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.

Measured at: VALLECITO DAM, CO (USC00058582), 7 miles away and 266 ft lower

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

Roadless country, and what’s coming for it

Roadless

Runlett Park4,968 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Florida River35,330 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Source: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Who answers for this land

Vallecito 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 →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: Today falls inside the season the agency publishes, and it has posted nothing else. That reading is ours. The U.S. Forest Service’s own database, though, flags it not open with no reason or date; the flag is named under How we know all this.

Listed not open: USFS EDW Recreation Opportunities, openstatus field: a not-open flag in a database, with no reason and no date published; read there since Sep 9, 2026. A flag, not a notice, so this page doesn’t call it a closure. · Oct 16, 2026

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026 and November 2026. It names 79 of the 79 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 14, 2026

Season: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 78 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.05 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 522 rated federal campgrounds in Colorado · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (5.5 km) · Oct 8, 2026

Reported by: iNaturalist fall color observations, reported patchy color · Oct 8, 2026

Cell signal: the Forest Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026