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Browns Park
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 40.79738, -105.92698
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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 Browns Park
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,442 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Browns ParkNIFC · 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 Browns Park · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail3 mi
- WWater9 mi
- GGrocery19 mi
- DDump19 mi
- +Urgent care19 mi
- FFuel19 mi
- MMechanic19 mi
- LLaundry19 mi
- ShShower22 mi
- EVEV fast charger36 mi
- RxPharmacy36 mi
- OOutfitter36 mi
- HHardware40 mi
- AAir-up40 mi
- PPropane44 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 19 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 36-mi run (and back).
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 — Browns Park
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,442 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
40.79738, -105.92698
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Browns Park · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townRed Feather Lakes · ~18.2 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~9.3 mi
- FuelCorkles Mini Mart · ~19.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~18.9 mi
- GroceriesNorth Park Super's · ~18.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicNorth Park Medical Clinic · ~19.1 mi
EV charging — from Browns Park · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger35.7 mi straight-line SE — Estes Park, CO - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 7 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 · 23 within 50 · 302 within 100 · 403 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS36.1 mi — DC CORRIDOR ESTES PARK PL3, Estes Park
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO36.1 mi — DC CORRIDOR ESTES PARK PL3, Estes Park
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)17.6 mi — Red Feather Lakes Library (at a library) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-01-09 · hours: 10am-6pm daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Mountain Campus (seasonal), Bellvue, 23.5 mi · J1772 · hours: Contact campus gate for station availability; seasonal campus
- 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 102083 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Browns Park · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBrowns Park · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLink-Mcintyre · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomStub Creek · ~1.2 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRawah · ~4.6 mi SE · USFS
Open Browns Park elsewhere
Other camps near Browns Park
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Tunnel~9.4 mi · fee
- Sleeping Elephant~11.3 mi · fee
- North Fork Poudre~11.4 mi · fee
- Big Bend~12.1 mi · fee
The unit that manages Browns Park
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Browns Park are set by Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Rawah at 9,100 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 658 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 — Browns Park
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: $22 per single site per night, confirmed by two Arapaho & Roosevelt NF sources: the campground page (updated Jun 12 2026) and the forest-wide campground status table (updated Aug 20 2026), which lists Browns Park as 28 sites, 30-foot maximum spur, first-come first-served, $22, season Jun 12 to Nov 15. No recreation.gov listing -- paid on site. Canyon Lakes Ranger District. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/arp/recreation/browns-park-campground and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/arp/conditions.
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 Browns Park
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 — Browns Park
When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →What “dispersed” means here →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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