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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Colorado

Arapaho National Forest

Here, one in six take walk-ups.

18Campgrounds
3Take walk-ups
$23–$29A night, across 7
184Sites, from 11
8,430–11,440 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 18 of these 18 campgrounds

Where they are

18 of 18 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

18 campgrounds
Columbine CampgroundReservableArapaho National Forest · COfrom $265 walk-in sites47 sitesrigs to 55 ft9,020 ftdrinking watertoiletsCold Springs - Arapaho Roosevelt NF (CO)ReservableArapaho National Forest · COfrom $275 walk-in sites3 pull-through sites43 sitesrigs to 50 ft9,340 ftdrinking watertoiletsIdlewild CampgroundReservableArapaho National Forest · COfrom $2925 with a bear box3 pull-through sites25 sitesrigs to 30 ft8,920 ftdrinking watertoiletsGuanella PassReservableArapaho National Forest · COfrom $2618 sitesrigs to 45 ft10,740 ftdrinking watertoiletsSt. Louis CreekReservableArapaho National Forest · COfrom $2918 with a bear box4 pull-through sites18 sitesrigs to 55 ft8,840 ftdrinking watertoiletsWest Chicago CreekReservableArapaho National Forest · COfrom $2516 sitesrigs to 40 ft9,610 ftdrinking watertoiletsClear Lake CampgroundReservableArapaho National Forest · COfrom $238 with a tent pad8 sites10,040 ftPickle GulchReservableArapaho National Forest · COSites from $696 walk-in sites6 group sites6 sites9,090 ftdrinking watertoiletsMestaa’ėhehe Mountain Fire LookoutReservableArapaho National Forest · COSites from $801 hike-in site1 siterigs to 20 ft11,440 ftMidland Group CampgroundReservableArapaho National Forest · COSites from $1001 group site1 site9,420 ftdrinking watertoiletsSouth Fork Group Site - Arapaho NF (CO)ReservableArapaho National Forest · COSites from $701 group site1 siterigs to 30 ft8,970 ftdrinking watertoiletsHorseshoe CampgroundFirst-comeArapaho National Forest · CO8,430 ftSugarloaf CampgroundFirst-comeArapaho National Forest · CO8,970 fttoiletsCold Springs CampgroundArapaho National Forest · CO9,340 ftDenver Creek CampgroundFirst-comeArapaho National Forest · CO8,570 ftdrinking waterJim Creek CampgroundArapaho National Forest · CO9,280 ftMizpah CampgroundArapaho National Forest · CO9,650 ftSouth Fork CampgoundArapaho National Forest · CO8,960 fttoilets
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Square Top Mountain6,445 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Troublesome13,858 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Square Top Mountain5,944 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Mt. Evans Adjacent Area10,247 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Bard Creek25,411 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Vasquez Adjacent Area6,131 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

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

Who answers for this land

Arapaho National Forest’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Joe Neguse, official portrait
Joe Neguse (D)CO 2nd · 18 campgrounds · grade A+
Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score
Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly