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Bureau of Land Management · Public Domain · Colorado

Colorado River Valley Field Office

Here, one in three take walk-ups.

9Campgrounds
3Take walk-ups
1Free to camp
$10A night at all 2 priced
6,200–7,460 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 9 of these 9 campgrounds

Where they are

9 of 9 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

9 campgrounds
Gypsum CampgroundFirst-comeColorado River Valley Field Office · COfrom $106,240 ftThompson Creek CampgroundFirst-comeColorado River Valley Field Office · COFree7,290 ftWolcott CampgroundFirst-comeColorado River Valley Field Office · COfrom $106,930 ftCatamount Bridge CampgroundColorado River Valley Field Office · CO6,560 ftGypsum Rec. SiteColorado River Valley Field Office · CO6,240 ftLower Prince Creek CampgroundColorado River Valley Field Office · CO7,200 ftLyons Gulch CampgroundColorado River Valley Field Office · CO6,200 ftPinball Camping AreaColorado River Valley Field Office · CO6,460 ftUpper Prince Creek CampgroundColorado River Valley Field Office · CO7,460 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Watch
Thompson Dividedrilling · 10 mi
Roadless
Hay Park11,104 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Assignation Ridge13,264 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Berry Creek8,568 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Thompson Creek18,495 acres · 6 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Deep Creek9,876 acres · 6 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Sweetwater B4,308 acres · 8 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

Heads up

Wildfire
Dry Creek fire · 27 mi from the nearest campground here · 316 acres · 100% contained
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 13, 2026

Who answers for this land

Colorado River Valley Field Office’s campgrounds sit in 2 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Joe Neguse, official portrait
Joe Neguse (D)CO 2nd · 5 campgrounds · grade A+
Jeff Hurd, official portrait
Jeff Hurd (R)CO 3rd · 4 campgrounds · grade F
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