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U.S. Forest Service · Inventoried Roadless Area · Colorado

Elk Mountain-Collegiate North Roadless Area

2 federal campgrounds, all of them reservable or unlisted.

2Campgrounds
2Sites
9,520–10,100 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 2 of these 2 campgrounds

Where they are

2 of 2 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 2

2 campgrounds
Reservable
Crescent Mining Camp
Elk Mountain-Collegiate North Roadless Area · CO
1 site10,100 ft
Reservable
Dawson Cabin
Elk Mountain-Collegiate North Roadless Area · CO
1 site9,520 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
developing
Roadless
Mount Hope18,285 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Bull Hill2,527 acres · 9 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Jones Hill83,139 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 · Aug 12, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Willow fire · 16 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

Elk Mountain-Collegiate North Roadless Area’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
SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly