Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
Cunningham Gulch Dispersed Camping
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CO · 37.79667, -107.57821
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. 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 10,374 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
- @Mail5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- OOutfitter16 mi
- WWater16 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- ShShower17 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- DDump21 mi
- LLaundry21 mi
- MMechanic39 mi
- PPropane42 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 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
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
10,374 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
37.79667, -107.57821
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCunningham Creek (river) · nearby
- Nearest townHowardsville · ~2.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelConoco · ~17.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationDump station · ~20.9 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~5.0 mi
- PharmacySunshine Pharmacy · ~16.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicTelluride Regional Medical Center · ~16.2 mi
- HardwareTimberline Ace Hardware · ~15.9 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomCunningham Gulch Restroom · ~0.3 mi S · BLM
- RestroomMaggie Gulch Restroom · ~4.0 mi N · BLM
- RestroomPole Creek · ~6.5 mi E · USFS
- RestroomBear Town · ~6.8 mi SE · USFS
Open this spot elsewhere
Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cunningham Gulch Dispersed Camping~0.3 mi
- Cunningham Gulch Dispersed Camping~0.4 mi
- BLM Dispersed Camping~4.1 mi
- South Mineral Dispersed Area~7.6 mi
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Beartown at 11,580 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 1,206 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
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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
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
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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