Agency-listedBLM · dispersedUnpriced · confirm
King Mountain
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CO · 40.02246, -106.85176
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 — at King Mountain
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,630 ft.
Fire & smoke — around King MountainNIFC · 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 King Mountain · Bureau of Land Management · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- DDump18 mi
- ShShower18 mi
- WWater20 mi
- RxPharmacy24 mi
- HHardware25 mi
- MMechanic25 mi
- LLaundry26 mi
- +Urgent care26 mi
- OOutfitter32 mi
- PPropane47 mi
- AAir-up48 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 20-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 9 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 — King Mountain
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
8,630 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
40.02246, -106.85176
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around King Mountain · Bureau of Land Management · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureKing Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townToponas · ~3.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~9.3 mi
- Propane / LPGLPG · ~26.2 mi
- Dump station~18.0 mi
- GroceriesMarina Store · ~18.1 mi
- PharmacyKremmling Mercantile · ~24.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicMiddle Park Health - Kremmling · ~24.5 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~24.6 mi
EV charging — from King Mountain · Bureau of Land Management · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.3 mi straight-line N — Helios Yampa CO (at a public site) · EVRANGE · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 42 within 50 · 206 within 100 · 441 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)24.7 mi — Kremmling, CO - Park Avenue - Tesla Supercharger, Kremmling
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO25.6 mi — Eagle County, Eagle
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)24.4 mi — Town of Kremmling - Town Park (at a park) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports 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 448020 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around King Mountain · Bureau of Land Management · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGardner Park · ~9.0 mi W · USFS
- RestroomCatamount Bridge Restroom · ~9.2 mi S · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletBear River · ~9.2 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHeart Lake · ~9.7 mi W · USFS
Open King Mountain elsewhere
Other camps near King Mountain
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Bear River~9.2 mi · fee
- Lynx Pass~10.6 mi · fee
- Bear Lake~11.7 mi · fee
- Rock Creek~12.7 mi
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Bear River at 9,100 ft, about 9 miles away. It sits about 470 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 — King Mountain
Source
Bureau of Land Management 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
BLM RIDB record, agency-listed. Its fee field is empty -- no fee statement -- so the cost is unpriced (field read 2026-09-19). Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 King Mountain
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 — King Mountain
When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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