Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree
Buckles Dispersed Campground
Drive-up · public land · CO · 37.08688, -106.83828
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Ask about this camp →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
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,372 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
- FFuel4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- GGrocery13 mi
- MMechanic15 mi
- WWater16 mi
- LLaundry17 mi
- DDump17 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- +Urgent care19 mi
- PPropane57 mi
- ShShower58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 4 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
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
8,372 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
37.08688, -106.83828
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSappington Reservoir (water) · nearby
- Nearest townChromo · ~3.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~3.6 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~28.5 mi
- Dump station~17.2 mi
- GroceriesJicarilla Supermarket · ~13.4 mi
- PharmacyCity Market Pharmacy · ~17.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicJicarilla Apache Health Care Facility · ~14.0 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~19.9 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBuckles Lake · ~3.6 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBlanco River · ~4.7 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletOpal Lake · ~9.1 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomChama Basin · ~16.1 mi E · USFS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Blanco River Campground~4.7 mi
- Dispersed Camping~16.2 mi
- Jackson Dispersed Campground~19.2 mi
- Dispersed camping~20.9 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.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Chamita at 8,360 ft, about 13 miles away. That is about the height of this camp, so it is a fair proxy. 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
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: drive (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
When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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