Buffalo Pass Campground
Everything you need — measured from camp
- GGrocery16 mi
- FFuel16 mi
- +Urgent care22 mi
- @Mail22 mi
- WWater31 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- OOutfitter32 mi
- HHardware33 mi
- MMechanic34 mi
- RxPharmacy34 mi
- DDump35 mi
- AAir-up37 mi
- ShShower38 mi
The read: water is a real 31-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 16 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). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureEast Pass Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townSargents · ~16.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~16.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesSaguache Town Market · ~21.5 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBuffalo Pass · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBuffalo Pass · ~0.4 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLuders Creek · ~3.6 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUpper Crossing Guard Station · ~4.6 mi SE · USFS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Needle Creek Reservoir~11.9 mi
- Needle Creek Reservoir Camping Area~11.9 mi
- Salt House~12.5 mi
- Stone Cellar Campground~14.4 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 Cochetopa Pass at 10,020 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 898 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
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