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Small loop of sites in San Isabel Nat. Forest just off of 12 Mile Rd./ Hwy 78 between Beulah & San Isabel (CO Hwy. 165)in a small meadow surrounded by forest, with some sites farther back from the road in the trees. 12 Mile has occasional traffic, but over all, very quiet. Another small meadow [...]
Free camping at the popular “bookcliffs” mountain biking area a few miles north of Fruita off 18 Road
The Acorn Truck stop is at exit 26 on I-70 east toward town center. Continue on to Sanford Drive, turn left. Parking on right fuel island ahead and left. Truck stop with driver and office services available. Hazmat Parking on site.
Free camping on Adobe Reservoir. Primitive camping is available on the east, south and west sides of lake 4,128-foot elevation. Hunting for deer, antelope, rabbit, pheasant, scaled quail, dove, waterfowl. Fishing in Adobe Creek Reservoir (Blue Lake) for walleye, crappie, bass, bluegill, wiper, tiger muskie. Trotlines and jugs permitted. Sailing, waterskiing, sailboarding on the lake. [...]
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Free camping on the Alamosa River 4.5 miles above Terrace Reservoir Dam. Site is located in the Conejos Peak Ranger District, of Colorado’s Rio Grande National Forest. There are 5 campsites, one is pull through, with tables, fireplaces, vault type toilet, and ample parking. There is no water available, bring your own. There is public [...]
Free camping area. Boondocking – no facilities. Fires are prohibited. This mountain lake is surrounded by a grassy meadow lined with a spruce-fir forest. Area is rocky and rugged. Elevation: 10190′ An improved concrete boat ramp is located 1/4 mile west of the dam. Alberta Lake is a fishery for native Rio Grande cutthroat trout, [...]
ree camping in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains of the Uncompahgre National Forest. Alta Lakes is a popular dispersed camping area that offers fishing and camping in a spectacular alpine setting. There are approximately 16 primitive camping spots that are completely undeveloped. The only developed facility in the area is one older vault restroom. The access [...]
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There are 38 free campsites available at the south side campground and boat ramp. Wide open space. No shade. Managed by Denver Water. Camping Regulations * The north shore is a day use area only. OVERNIGHT CAMPING IS PROHIBITED. * Leaving a camper, trailer, pitched tent, motor vehicle or trailer unattended for more than 24 [...]
Co-operated by the AHRA (Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area) and Colorado State Parks, it also has a river raft launch. It has amazing views, most sites right long the river and is right next to a commercial campground charging $35/night. During river raft season it does get a decent amount of traffic going to/from the launch [...]
Free Camping on BLM land south of Dinosaur National Monument. No facilities – true boondocking location. 14-day limit. There are three or four camping areas. Half of them are big rig friendly and level. Elev 7500′ From Dinosaur NM, Canyon Area Visitor Ctr, go N 12 mi on NM access rd, go L (W) before [...]
First night is free. Additional nights are $10 each. A gravel lot. 12 sites have 30amp hookups and water spigots. Pets are welcome. Tents camping is OK. A code is required to access the showers and restrooms requires a code. There is a swimming pool, a playground, and paved trails around a pond. The park [...]
3.5 miles south of the small town of Buffalo Creek on County Road 126 (also known as Deckers Rd.)is a turn off west on Forest Road 550 into Pike National Forest. For about 5 miles on Forest Road 550, there are various dispersed free camping sites along both sides of the road until you reach [...]
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Four free developed campsites in the Grand Mesa National Forest of Colorado. There are a couple of undeveloped dispersed campsites on the road in. There is a large gravel parking lot that could act as an overflow camping area. A single vault toilet is also located in the parking area. No water activities! Lake Carson [...]
Small treed campground at city park with a couple of pull-through size spaces but mostly tent camping. Baseball fields, rodeo arena. $6 per night. NO water, electric, dump, etc.
Cross bridge and turn right into recreation area. Facilities include pit toilet, gravel boat launch ramp, two parking areas for RVs/boat trailers, 3 tables and 2 fire pits on east side of creek, 4 tables and 3 fire pits on west side of creek. Stay a night or two and enjoy the Colorado River, and [...]
Clear Creek Reservoir 17 miles north of Buena Vista is free. The lake is great for fishing, All you need is a wildlife habitat stamp age 18-65 for all wildlife areas. The habitat stamp is $5 if you have a current hunting or fishing license. Otherwise, the stamp is $10. Good for multiple Colorado wildlife [...]
Nice campground with roughly 20 sites in the trees and many more in the open. Most sites in the trees are right next to Clear Creek and the drive to Clear Creek Reservoir is about 5 minutes away. Right on the Colorado Trail. Warning: bring heavy duty mosquito repellant. Otherwise great site. Drive north on [...]
Located at the beginning of the South Platte River Trail, a Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway. Complimentary maps, coffee and friendly volunteers help with your travel plans. There are also more than 350 brochures to choose from. Picnic sites and walking paths surround the sunny, landscaped plaza. Restrooms, a pet area and a children’s play [...]
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Between Wolf Creek Pass and Pagosa Springs, turn east at the sign pointing to East Fork USFS campground. Pass the CG and continue east for about 4 miles. Numerous possible campsites along the river. Dirt road, rough in places, but plenty of RVs. Saw many 4 wheelers going up and down this road on July [...]
BLM land located on the East side of I-25. Exit highway, turn sharp left, then sharp right and you can camp anywhere from the freeway frontage up to about the cell tower. You can get a good ways off the interstate and the only company you might have are some cows and antelope. We stayed [...]
7 day limit. Free camping. BLM. More of a parking lot than a camping area. There is a vault toilet. No shade, tables, bbqs, water or trash services. No open fires! Three miles from Montrose, Colorado. Full bars of Sprint Cellular and Verizon EVDO. BLM provided area brochure Lots of trails and OHV fun. Big [...]
Flat open dirt area with no trees. A place along CO State Highway 6 in NE Colorado to spend the night. Located on the north side of the highway adjacent to the Fleming City Museum building.
Colorado’s Grand Mesa National Forest Free dispersed camping. Half shade/half sun. Take forest road 121 to forest road 279 Camping area managed by Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest 2250 Highway 50 Delta, Colorado 81416
Gates of Lodore Campground, one of six developed campgrounds at Dinosaur National Monument, is located 106 miles north of the Canyon Area Visitor Center. It is located on the Green River at the boat ramp at the head of Lodore Canyon. There are 17 sites, some with shade. The sites have tables and firepits. There [...]
US 50 between Cañon City and Salida, at Coaldale, go north on CR6, Hayden Creek Road. There are 2 NFS campgrounds, Coaldale and Hayden Creek. Between the two are several unofficial camping areas. The area we like is about 1/2 mile from the upper campground, on the left side going up the road (going south). [...]
From the highway through town, north on 14th Street to Webster, jog left one block, then right over the RR tracks. Sites are on the left. Basically a gravel parking lot with good electricity: $10. There isn’t much in the area for RV parking. This is about it. It was quiet other than one train [...]
Hwy 550 between Silverton and Ouray, at high elevation. Several boondock sites just east of highway, some visible from the road. The dirt road going east from here runs SE and then SW all the way back to Silverton, I was told. This is national forest land.
Great fishing for trout and Crawdad trapping
Free, dispersed camping. Tons of room. Big views.
Four campsites with grilled fire rings at the Withers Canyon Trailhead in Comanche National Grasslands. There is one Vault toilet. No trash services. Pack it in = pack it out! Water is not available. I suggest limiting the rig size to about 35′. The sites are large and could easily accommodate 40′+ rigs, but I [...]
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Small campground in the park on the river. Little bit noisy because of the train. Located in Hot Sulphur Springs on the west side of the bridge that crosses the Colorado River. Hot Sulphur Springs SWA contains 7 units – see map. North & west of Hot Sulphur Springs on the edge of town, north [...]
A broad high desert valley, part of McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area. See . Three designated camping areas plus unlimited dispersed camping. The main area, just 0.5 miles from I-70 exit 2, can hold an unlimited number of very large RV’s. A very scenic hiking trail, with Colorado River overlooks, begins at Castle Rock, which [...]
This campsite is off Santa Fe Drive or Highway 85. Drive south on 85 from C-470. Turn right at a stop light into Sedalia, a small town off the highway. This is Highway 67. Take this road for about 10 miles until you see a large wooden sign on your left-hand side that says, “Rampart [...]
Showers are available at the pool for $1.50 when it is open. Showers are also available at the Recreation Department, 528 State Street, for $1.50. Call for hours available of both locations – 970-542-3921. Furnish own towel and soap at both locations. No water at park. No sewer dump at park. Available at Conoco Outpost [...]
Beautiful, vast boondocking area East of the town of Jefferson, CO, on the way to Tarryall Reservoir. The road is just fine for larger RVs and you can go pretty far back in the forest safely. We were there during a downpour and the roads were still fine. No water in Jefferson, so stock up [...]
Canon City runs a great park here that allows free camping for up to 72 hours. Fairly steep gravel road narrow in places, but should be no trouble for most rigs. After Canon City, you will turn left off highway 50 to go toward the Royal Gorge Bridge. There’s currently no sign for Buckskin Joe’s [...]
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Emergency RV Camping in our parking lot. I was caught without a campspot once and I’ll not let it happen again!
Taylor Park Resevoir in beautiful Gunnison National Forest offers both organized campsites as well as free camping. The free camping can be found by taking the road to Texas Creek on the south side of the lake. This road will accomodate some campers or trailers to a certain point, where it is no longer recommended. [...]
I-25 Exit 128. Dry, free camping. Shell station. Open 24hrs. Normal truck stop stuff.
It has a cool old train depot, picnic tables and maybe electricity? I see plugins. It has a neat old steam engine on display and a lot of exhibits to check out. they have some nice trees to park by, a sign says enchanted forest. Might be noisy, a Amtrac train just stopped and let [...]
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Free dispersed camping in Colorado’s Grand Mesa National Forest. No facilities, true wilderness boondocking location. If you catch any fish you must release them back into the reservoir. Elevation: 10,223′ Camping area managed by Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest 2250 Highway 50 Delta, Colorado 81416
In Rio Grande National Forest. Near falls and river. First come, first served. Pit toilets, no drinking water or trash service. Has bear lockers at the sites for securing your food. From nfs.gov: Camping in the area is currently free. Visitors wishing to contribute to maintenance and campground improvement can place donations in the tube [...]