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Aspen
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 40.51666, -106.03382
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Aspen
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,939 ft.
Fire & smoke — around AspenNIFC · 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 Aspen · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater3 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- FFuel20 mi
- GGrocery20 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- DDump20 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- EVEV fast charger22 mi
- ShShower27 mi
- RxPharmacy29 mi
- HHardware30 mi
- PPropane47 mi
- AAir-up49 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 20 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Aspen
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,939 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
40.51666, -106.03382
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Aspen · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waterWater · ~3.4 mi
- FuelWalden Conoco · ~19.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~19.7 mi
- GroceriesWalden Conoco · ~19.5 mi
- PharmacyRocky Mountain Pharmacy · ~28.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicNorth Park Medical Clinic · ~19.8 mi
EV charging — from Aspen · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger21.5 mi straight-line SE — GRAND LAKE DCFC 1 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 17 within 50 · 328 within 100 · 414 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)27.0 mi — YMCA - EPC CFWB DCFC, Estes Park
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)21.6 mi — GRAND LAKE 1125 LAVE AVE 1 · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 200746 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Aspen · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletAspen · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomMichigan River · ~0.6 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPines · ~2.2 mi SE · USFS
- RestroomSouth Fork Michigan · ~5.8 mi SE · USFS
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Other camps near Aspen
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Pines~2.2 mi · fee
- Chambers Lake~11.1 mi · fee
- Grandview~12.3 mi · fee
- Aspen Glen~13.3 mi · fee
The unit that manages Aspen
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Aspen are set by Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Joe Wright at 10,140 ft, about 8 miles away. It sits about 1,201 ft higher 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.
How we know this — Aspen
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-22: $14 per site, exact cash or check only, payment instructions on the kiosk. No recreation.gov listing. Season is June to mid or late October, weather dependent; 7 sites, 20-foot maximum trailer, elevation 9,200 ft. Two caveats worth knowing: the page prints no coordinates, so the match to our pin rests on it being the only Aspen Campground on the Medicine Bow-Routt and on its own description -- near Gould CO, about 22 miles southeast of Walden, on the South Fork of the Michigan River, which is where our pin sits -- and the page's own timestamp is Jun 9 2025, so the figure is a year old. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/recreation/aspen-campground.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Aspen
A land record can put you within a few meters 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
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Aspen
When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →What “dispersed” means here →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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