Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree

4 dispersed campsites

Hike-in · public land · CO · 40.58160, -105.68255

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A mapped lead, not an agency listing. Somebody marked this as a campsite; we could not match it to a land-manager record. Worth checking rather than counting on. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.

USGS topo — contours & terrain

USGS topographic map of 4 dispersed campsites

Aerial — USGS / NAIP

Weather outlook

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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,986 ft.

Fire & smokeNIFC · AirNow

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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.

Everything you need — measured from camp

Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer

Nearest of each

WWater6 mi
GGrocery13 mi
ShShower14 mi
@Mail15 mi
RxPharmacy16 mi
FFuel16 mi
+Urgent care16 mi
OOutfitter16 mi
MMechanic17 mi
DDump18 mi
LLaundry25 mi
HHardware29 mi
PPropane29 mi
AAir-up31 mi

≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 13 mi out.

One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Open in Google Maps ↗

The site

Access

Hike-in

Land

public land · dispersed

Elevation

9,986 ft

State

Coordinates

40.58160, -105.68255

Cost

Free

Getting in

Park at Hourglass Trailhead · ~3.37 mi in a straight line (trail will be longer)

Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)

Water featureComanche Lake (water) · nearby
Nearest townSpencer Heights · ~8.3 mi
Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.4 mi
FuelSafeway · ~16.5 mi
Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
Dump station~18.0 mi
GroceriesStore · ~13.4 mi
PharmacyRocky Mountain Pharmacy · ~16.4 mi
Hospital / clinicEstes Park Health Urgent Care Center · ~16.5 mi
HardwareJosephs' Hardware & Home Center · ~29.7 mi

Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

Vault / pit toiletTom Bennett · ~5.1 mi E · USFS
Vault / pit toiletLong Draw · ~6.4 mi SW · USFS
Vault / pit toiletLong Draw #1 · ~7.1 mi SW · USFS
Vault / pit toiletCorral Park · ~7.2 mi SW · USFS

Open this spot elsewhere

Google satellite →Gaia GPS →CalTopo →Back to the map →

Other camps nearby

If this one is full, gated or washed out.

Jacks Gulch Campground~9.0 mi
Lower Narrows~15.0 mi
Pole Hill Road Dispersed Camping~20.3 mi

The unit that manages this camp

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests →

Snow, and when this opens

The nearest automatic snow station is Hourglass Lake at 9,380 ft, about 3 miles away. It sits about 606 ft lower than this camp, so treat it as a guide rather than a reading for this spot. We do not repeat a depth here, because any number we stored would be stale by the time you read it — the station publishes today's.

Hourglass Lake snowpack, from NRCS →

How we know this

Source

OpenStreetMap contributors

Confidence

Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.

How it was placed

auto: hike (road/trail right there)

Field check

Contributed, not agency-listed. A mapper marked this as a campsite. We have not matched it to a land-manager record, so it stays at Likely.

What we don’t know

A land record can put you within a few metres of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.

Road surface & last-mile access
How many rigs actually fit
Cell coverage by carrier
Seasonal & winter access
Current fire restrictions
Whether any water here is drinkable
Shade & wind exposure
Noise and who else shows up

Before you go

Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →

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