Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree
Dispersed campsite
Drive-up · public land · CO · 37.25384, -107.19405
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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 — at Dispersed campsite
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,105 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Dispersed campsiteNIFC · 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 Dispersed campsite · public land · CO
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel2 mi
- GGrocery2 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- DDump6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- RxPharmacy6 mi
- OOutfitter7 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- WWater10 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- +Urgent care35 mi
- PPropane37 mi
- ShShower37 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 2 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 — Dispersed campsite
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
7,105 ft
Ground slope
6.5% · gentle
State
CO
Coordinates
37.25384, -107.19405
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Dispersed campsite · public land · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSawmill Reservoir (water) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- USGS NHDno named surface water within 1 mi
- Nearest townDyke · ~1.9 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelTurkey Springs Trading Post · ~1.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~6.4 mi
- GroceriesSpeedway · ~6.4 mi
- PharmacyCity Market Pharmacy · ~6.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicPagosa Springs Medical Center · ~6.4 mi
- HardwareLewis True Value Mercantile · ~22.4 mi
EV charging — from Dispersed campsite · public land · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.0 mi straight-line E — CENTENNIAL PARK PAGOSA SPGS PL1, Pagosa Springs, CO · 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 reach2 within 25 mi · 11 within 50 · 52 within 100 · 170 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)10.0 mi — CENTENNIAL PARK PAGOSA SPGS PL2, Pagosa Springs
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.0 mi — LPEA PARKING CENTENNIAL PARK, Pagosa Springs, 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 257794 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Dispersed campsite · public land · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletTurkey Springs Cabin · ~3.7 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUte · ~5.1 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletChimney Rock National Monument · ~8.0 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLower Piedra · ~8.2 mi W · USFS
Coming out here — Dispersed campsite · public land · CO
- Surface water mapped nearby: Sawmill Reservoir (water). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink. USGS maps no named surface water within 1 mi of the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022).
- Ground slope around the pin: about 6.5% — gentle. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Dispersed campsite elsewhere
Other camps near Dispersed campsite
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Dispersed campsite~2.4 mi
- Ute Campground~5.0 mi
- Lower Piedra Campground~8.2 mi
- Lower Piedra Campground ~8.5 mi
Who holds the land at Dispersed campsite
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as San Juan National Forest, manager on record: Forest Service (federal). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Dispersed campsite
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)
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
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 about Dispersed campsite
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 — Dispersed campsite
Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →Cold-weather camping →Reading your camp page →All field notes →