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Grandview
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 40.49391, -105.80171
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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 Grandview
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 10,097 ft.
Fire & smoke — around GrandviewNIFC · 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 Grandview · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- GGrocery13 mi
- DDump16 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- ShShower16 mi
- FFuel16 mi
- OOutfitter17 mi
- RxPharmacy17 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- LLaundry23 mi
- HHardware29 mi
- PPropane36 mi
- AAir-up37 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 13 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 — Grandview
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
10,097 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
40.49391, -105.80171
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Grandview · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townGrand Lake · ~16.5 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.1 mi
- FuelConoco · ~16.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~15.7 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~12.9 mi
- PharmacyRocky Mountain Pharmacy · ~16.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicEstes Park Health Urgent Care Center · ~17.1 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~29.2 mi
EV charging — from Grandview · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger15.9 mi straight-line SE — YMCA - EPC CFWB DCFC, Estes Park, CO · ChargePoint Network · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach8 within 25 mi · 64 within 50 · 324 within 100 · 421 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO16.7 mi — GRAND LAKE DCFC 2, Grand Lake
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.0 mi — YMCA - EPC WINDRIVER, Estes Park, CO · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — River Stone Resorts and Bear Paw Suites - Tesla Destination, Estes Park, 14.4 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
Level 2, restricted access — Mountain Campus (seasonal), Bellvue, 12.2 mi · J1772 · hours: Contact campus gate for station availability; seasonal campus - 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 422935 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Grandview · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGrandview · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLong Draw #3 · ~0.9 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLa Poudre Pass · ~1.6 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLong Draw #1 · ~1.7 mi NE · USFS
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Other camps near Grandview
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Long Draw~2.4 mi · fee
- Chambers Lake~7.4 mi · fee
- Aspen Glen~8.7 mi · fee
- 4 dispersed campsites~8.7 mi
The unit that manages Grandview
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Grandview are set by Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Long Draw Resv at 9,980 ft, about 2 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 — Grandview
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: $25 per night, from the Arapaho & Roosevelt NF campground status table, which lists Grandview as 9 tent sites, first come first served, season July 1 to Nov 15. There is no individual fs.usda.gov page for this campground (every slug returns 404) and no recreation.gov listing, so the forest-wide table is the only agency source. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/arp/conditions.
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 Grandview
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 — Grandview
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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