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Dinner Station Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 38.90572, -106.58667
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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 Dinner Station Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,608 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Dinner Station CampgroundNIFC · 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 Dinner Station Campground · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater3 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- OOutfitter20 mi
- HHardware21 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- @Mail22 mi
- EVEV fast charger23 mi
- ShShower24 mi
- DDump27 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- AAir-up42 mi
- PPropane48 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Dinner Station Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
9,608 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
38.90572, -106.58667
Cost
Fee · Forest Service inventory: fee charged
Nearby & resupply — around Dinner Station Campground · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureTrail Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townWinfield · ~9.5 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~3.4 mi
- FuelFuel · ~6.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~27.2 mi
- GroceriesTwin Lakes General Store · ~16.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicGriggs Orthopedics · ~21.4 mi
- HardwareRocky Mountain Lumber & Hardware · ~24.5 mi
EV charging — from Dinner Station Campground · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger23.1 mi straight-line NW — CITY OF ASPEN S GALENA LEVEL3 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach5 within 25 mi · 28 within 50 · 200 within 100 · 458 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)24.4 mi — Electric Era Charging Station, Buena Vista
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)5.7 mi — Taylor Park Reservoir, Almont, CO (at a campground) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-11-06 · 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 225425 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Dinner Station Campground · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletDinner Station · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPotholes · ~3.3 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRivers End · ~3.5 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTexas Creek Horse · ~5.6 mi SE · USFS
Open Dinner Station Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Dinner Station Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Dinner Station~0.2 mi · fee
- Rivers End Campground~3.4 mi · fee
- Dorchester Campground~5.8 mi
- Dorchester~5.8 mi
The unit that manages Dinner Station Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Dinner Station Campground are set by Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Park Cone at 9,600 ft, about 6 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 — Dinner Station Campground
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Dinner Station Campground
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 — Dinner Station Campground
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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