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U.S. Forest Service · Research/Experimental Area · Colorado

Manitou Experimental Forest

2 federal campgrounds, all of them reservable or unlisted.

2Campgrounds
82Sites
7,750–7,820 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
ReservableSeasonal
Colorado Campground
Manitou Experimental Forest · CO
81 sites9 pull-through sitesrigs to 100 ft7,820 ftdrinking watertoiletshookups
Reservable
Manitou Lake Pavilion
Manitou Experimental Forest · CO
1 site7,750 ftdrinking watertoilets
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Thunder Butte4,613 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Chimney Peak25,595 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
Ghost fire · 30 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Wildfire
Cap Rock fire · 43 mi from the nearest campground here · 1 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 6, 2026

Who answers for this land

Manitou Experimental Forest’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