James Peak Protection Area (National)

1 federal campground, 1 of them with first-come, first-served sites.

1Campgrounds

1With first-come sites

9,710 ftElevation

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 1 of these 1 campgrounds

Where they are

1 of 1 mapped

Drawing the map

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 1

1 campground

Robbers Roost CampgroundJames Peak Protection Area (National) · CO9,710 ft · drinking waterFirst-come

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit

Roadless

Vasquez Adjacent Area6,131 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Bard Creek25,411 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.

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

Heads up

Wildfire

Burnett Gulch fire · 40 mi from the nearest campground here · 3 acres

Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 8, 2026

Who answers for this land

James Peak Protection Area (National)’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Joe Neguse (D)CO 2nd · 1 campground · 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