Dominguez/Escalante National Conservation Area

Here, none of the campgrounds take walk-ups.

2Campgrounds

5,520–7,110 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

Dominguez CampgroundDominguez/Escalante National Conservation Area · CO7,110 ft Potholes Recreation SiteDominguez/Escalante National Conservation Area · CO5,520 ft

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

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit

developing

Uncompahgre Plateau (Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests)logging · 19 mi

Roadless

Black Point9,901 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Kelso Point34,353 acres · 10 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 16, 2026

Who answers for this land

Dominguez/Escalante National Conservation Area’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Jeff Hurd (R)CO 3rd · 2 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