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Aspen
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WY · 41.31889, -106.16121
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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 8,588 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 · WY
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail2 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- WWater22 mi
- MMechanic28 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- DDump29 mi
- RxPharmacy29 mi
- HHardware29 mi
- +Urgent care29 mi
- LLaundry30 mi
- AAir-up30 mi
- OOutfitter31 mi
- ShShower52 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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
8,588 ft
State
WY
Coordinates
41.31889, -106.16121
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Aspen · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · WY (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townCentennial · ~1.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~14.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~28.6 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~14.0 mi
- PharmacyHebal Remedies · ~29.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicAlbany County Public Health · ~29.4 mi
- HardwareHomeBase · ~29.4 mi
EV charging — from Aspen · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · WY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger28.2 mi straight-line E — Laramie, WY - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 77 within 100 · 346 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS31.7 mi — Laramie GM Auto Center, Laramie
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO68.3 mi — MAVERIK SB SPRINGS PL1, Steamboat Springs
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)27.6 mi — FIRE STATION 3 COL FS3 GW, Laramie, WY · 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 102516 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Aspen · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · WY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSpruce · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFir · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPine · ~0.2 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWillow · ~0.3 mi NW · USFS
Open Aspen elsewhere
Other camps near Aspen
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Spruce~0.1 mi · fee
- Willow~0.3 mi · fee
- North Fork~3.0 mi · fee
- Nash Fork~4.7 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 Brooklyn Lake at 10,250 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 1,662 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 night, single site. The Medicine Bow-Routt publishes no recreation page for this campground and it has no recreation.gov listing, so the source is the Forest Service's own recreation-site record -- site ASPEN, objectid 2541285, which the agency places at 41.318887 / -106.161211, on our pin. That record adds that Interagency Senior/Access passes give 50% off single campsites only, and to pay with CASH or CHECK. Do not confuse this with the forest's Aspen Campground page, which is a different Aspen Campground near Gould, Colorado. Source: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0/query?where=objectid%3D2541285&outFields=*&returnGeometry=false&f=json.
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 →Water on public land →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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