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Camp Hale East Fork
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 39.41945, -106.28668
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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 Camp Hale East Fork
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,429 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Camp Hale East ForkNIFC · 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 Hale East Fork · White River National Forest · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail8 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- LLaundry11 mi
- WWater11 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- +Urgent care13 mi
- OOutfitter14 mi
- PPropane19 mi
- RxPharmacy19 mi
- AAir-up19 mi
- DDump22 mi
- ShShower40 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Camp Hale East Fork
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
9,429 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
39.41945, -106.28668
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Camp Hale East Fork · White River National Forest · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townCopper Mountain · ~6.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~8.4 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~18.6 mi
- Dump station~22.5 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~9.0 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~19.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicCommonSpirit Emergency & Urgent Care · ~13.4 mi
- HardwareBig Horn Ace Hardware · ~11.0 mi
EV charging — from Camp Hale East Fork · White River National Forest · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.8 mi straight-line NE — Frisco, CO - Frontage Road - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach26 within 25 mi · 62 within 50 · 366 within 100 · 471 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO12.0 mi — 3RD STREET FAST 3RD STREET FAST, Leadville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)12.1 mi — STVINCENTHEALTH 822 CHARGING ST, Leadville, CO · 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 350458 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Camp Hale East Fork · White River National Forest · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCamp Hale East Fork · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomJackal Hut · ~1.4 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCamp Hale Memorial · ~1.5 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCamp Hale Climbing Area · ~2.1 mi NW · USFS
Open Camp Hale East Fork elsewhere
Other camps near Camp Hale East Fork
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Camp Hale Memorial~1.5 mi · fee
- Homestake Valley~5.6 mi
- Hornsilver~6.4 mi · fee
- Gold Park~8.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Camp Hale East Fork
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Camp Hale East Fork are set by White River National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Fremont Pass at 11,310 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 1,881 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 — Camp Hale East Fork
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 2026-08-24: $290 per night for the whole site, for 1-200 people -- this is a GROUP campground, so $290 buys the site rather than a pitch. That is the second-highest overnight rate in this Colorado audit, behind the $315 group shelter at Windy Point on the same forest. Confirmed by two sources: the White River NF campground page (updated May 19 2026) and recreation.gov, which charges $290 for the group non-electric site May 24 to Oct 1 2026. Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger District, Camp Hale. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/whiteriver/recreation/camp-hale-east-fork-group-campground and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232345.
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 Camp Hale East Fork
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 — Camp Hale East Fork
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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