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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Colorado

Rio Grande National Forest

Here, 28% take walk-ups.

47Campgrounds
13Take walk-ups
2Free to camp
$10–$33A night, across 31
252Sites, from 17
8,110–11,530 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 47 of these 47 campgrounds

Where they are

47 of 47 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

47 campgrounds
In 1 places, folded
Rio Grande National Forest47 campgrounds · 3 open
Big Meadows Reservoir Campground (South Central CO)ReservableRio Grande National Forest · COfrom $295 with a tent pad12 pull-through sites47 sitesrigs to 60 ft9,300 ftdrinking waterMogoteReservableRio Grande National Forest · COfrom $291 with a tent pad19 pull-through sites42 sitesrigs to 60 ft8,420 ftdrinking watertoiletsElk Creek Campground (Rio Grande NF)ReservableRio Grande National Forest · COfrom $2915 pull-through sites38 sitesrigs to 60 ft8,690 fthookupsdrinking watertoiletsThirty MileReservableRio Grande National Forest · COfrom $2913 pull-through sites35 sitesrigs to 90 ft9,330 ftdrinking waterAspen Glade (Rio Grande National Forest, CO)ReservableRio Grande National Forest · COfrom $297 pull-through sites30 sitesrigs to 90 ft8,480 ftdrinking watertoiletsLake Fork(Rio Grande Natl ForeReservableRio Grande National Forest · COfrom $296 pull-through sites18 sitesrigs to 70 ft10,730 ftdrinking waterRiver HillReservableRio Grande National Forest · COfrom $296 pull-through sites18 sitesrigs to 125 ft9,280 ftdrinking watertoiletsMarshall ParkReservableRio Grande National Forest · COfrom $267 pull-through sites15 sitesrigs to 103 ft8,800 fttoiletsAlder Guard StationReservableRio Grande National Forest · COSites from $501 pull-through site1 siterigs to 35 ft8,390 fttoiletsCarnero Guard StationReservableRio Grande National Forest · COSites from $501 siterigs to 40 ft9,830 ftdrinking watertoiletsDuncan CabinReservableRio Grande National Forest · COSites from $401 hike-in site1 site8,110 fttoiletsElwood CabinReservableRio Grande National Forest · COSites from $501 siterigs to 50 ft11,530 fttoilets
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Bennet Mountain / Blowout / Willow Creek / Lion Point / Gree53,053 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Stunner Pass / Dolores Canyon2,955 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Willow Mountain9,952 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Wightman Fork To Lookout5,971 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Spectacle Lake823 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Gibbs Creek1,739 acres · 1 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
Elk fire · 23 mi from the nearest campground here · 7,257 acres · 90% contained
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 23, 2026

Who answers for this land

Rio Grande National Forest’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Jeff Hurd, official portrait
Jeff Hurd (R)CO 3rd · 47 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