Browns Canyon National Monument

Here, none of the campgrounds take walk-ups.

2Campgrounds

7,420–7,650 ftElevation

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 2 of these 2 campgrounds

Where they are

2 of 2 mapped

Drawing the map

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 15, 2026

The campgrounds

2 campgrounds

Hecla Junction CampgroundBrowns Canyon National Monument · CO7,420 ft Ruby Mountain CampgroundBrowns Canyon National Monument · CO7,650 ft

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 15, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit

Watch

Browns Canyon National Monumentmining

Roadless

Futurity15,628 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Trout Creek5,115 acres · 5 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.

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

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Oct 3, 2026

Who answers for this land

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

Brittany Pettersen (D)CO 7th · 2 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