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Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree

Hansons Mill Dispersed Campsite

Drive-up · public land · CO · 37.81269, -106.73714
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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
USGS topographic map of Hansons Mill Dispersed Campsite
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Hansons Mill Dispersed Campsite
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Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 10,860 ft.
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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

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 11 miWDump · 35 miDFuel · 10 miFKentucky Bell Market · Grocery · 11 miGCity Market Pharmacy · Pharmacy · 43 miRxHardware · 35 miHGunbarrel Station · Mechanic · 32 miMFife C'S Laundromat · Laundry · 12 miLShower · 48 miShAir-up · 34 miAUpper Rio Grande Health Clinic · Urgent care · 11 mi+Outfitter · 11 miOCreede Post Office · Mail · 11 mi@
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • FFuel10 mi
  • WWater11 mi
  • GGrocery11 mi
  • OOutfitter11 mi
  • @Mail11 mi
  • +Urgent care11 mi
  • LLaundry12 mi
  • MMechanic32 mi
  • AAir-up34 mi
  • HHardware35 mi
  • DDump35 mi
  • RxPharmacy43 mi
  • ShShower48 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 10 mi out.

Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.

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
public land · dispersed
Elevation
10,860 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
37.81269, -106.73714
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)

  • Water featureWest Alder Creek (stream) · nearby
  • Nearest townWagon Wheel Gap · ~4.5 mi
  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • FuelFuel · ~10.5 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • GroceriesKentucky Bell Market · ~10.7 mi
  • Hospital / clinicRio Grande Hospital · ~22.5 mi

Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

Open this spot elsewhere

Google satellite →Gaia GPS →CalTopo →Back to the map →

Other camps nearby

If this one is full, gated or washed out.

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.

Rio Grande National Forest →

Snow, and when this opens

The nearest automatic snow station is Moon Pass at 11,110 ft, about 14 miles away. It sits about 250 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.

Moon Pass snowpack, from NRCS →

How we know this

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)
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

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.

Before you go

Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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