Agency-listedUSFS
Gothic
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 38.98141, -107.00531
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service 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 9,622 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
- WWater2 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- DDump28 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- PPropane31 mi
- ShShower46 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 6 mi out.
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The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
9,622 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
38.98141, -107.00531
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Resupply lookup unavailable — try the map links below.
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGothic · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAvery Peak · ~0.5 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJudd Falls - Copper Creek · ~1.2 mi SE · USFS
- RestroomGothic Designated Camping Area · ~1.5 mi NW · USFS
Open this spot elsewhere
Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Gothic Designated Camping Area~1.5 mi · fee
- Washington Gulch Designated Camping Area~3.4 mi
- Slate River Designated Camping Area~3.5 mi
- Musicians Camp Designated Camping Area~4.2 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 Schofield Pass at 10,640 ft, about 3 miles away. It sits about 1,018 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
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 2026-08-21: no rate published by the agency. The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison NF has no live fs.usda.gov recreation page for Gothic (every slug returns 404), its /conditions page carries no fee table, and the recreation.gov listing 10165315 returns an empty rates feed and an empty fee description even though it is marked reservable. Checked https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/gmug/recreation/gothic-campground (404), https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/gmug/conditions and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10165315.
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
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