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Bureau of Land Management · Public Domain · Colorado

Colorado River Valley Field Office

6 federal campgrounds, 3 of them with first-come, first-served sites, and 1 free to camp.

6Campgrounds
3With first-come sites
1Free to camp
$10A night at all 2 priced
6,240–7,460 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 6 of these 6 campgrounds

Where they are

6 of 6 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 6

6 campgrounds
First-come
Gypsum Campground
Colorado River Valley Field Office · CO
from $106,240 ft
First-come
Thompson Creek Campground
Colorado River Valley Field Office · CO
Free7,290 ft
First-come
Wolcott Campground
Colorado River Valley Field Office · CO
from $106,930 ft
Seen from the air The agency never photographed these, so here is the satellite view. Same data, same sources.
Gypsum Rec. SiteColorado River Valley Field Office · CO6,240 ftLower Prince Creek CampgroundColorado River Valley Field Office · CO7,200 ftUpper Prince Creek CampgroundColorado River Valley Field Office · CO7,460 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
developing
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
East Divide / Four Mile Park8,661 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Hardscrabble11,745 acres · 9 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 · Aug 12, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Willow fire · 36 mi from the nearest campground here · 7,534 acres · 80% contained
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Aug 19, 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.

Jeff Hurd (R)CO 3rd · 4 campgrounds · grade F
Joe Neguse (D)CO 2nd · 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
SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly