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Lake View Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 39.09755, -106.36507
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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 Lake View Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at the elevation shown above.
Fire & smoke — around Lake View CampgroundNIFC · 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 Lake View Campground · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery1 mi
- WWater2 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- ShShower20 mi
- +Urgent care21 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- DDump24 mi
- RxPharmacy38 mi
- PPropane40 mi
- AAir-up41 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 1 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 — Lake View Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
State
CO
Coordinates
39.09755, -106.36507
Cost
Fee · Forest Service inventory: fee charged
Nearby & resupply — around Lake View Campground · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMount Elbert Forebay (water) · nearby
- Nearest townTwin Lakes · ~1.4 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~2.3 mi
- FuelShell · ~8.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~24.1 mi
- GroceriesTwin Lakes General Store · ~1.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicSaint Vincent General Hospital · ~10.7 mi
- HardwareAlma & Fairplay Storage · ~20.7 mi
EV charging — from Lake View Campground · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.0 mi straight-line N — 3RD STREET FAST 3RD STREET FAST, Leadville, 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 reach5 within 25 mi · 50 within 50 · 347 within 100 · 460 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)20.9 mi — Electric Era Charging Station, Buena Vista
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.1 mi — COMNTCO LEADVILLE HC 2 · ChargePoint Network · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 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 205619 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lake View Campground · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLakeview · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWhitestar · ~0.6 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDeception Point · ~0.7 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDexter Point · ~2.2 mi E · USFS
Open Lake View Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Lake View Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Lakeview~0.2 mi · fee
- Whitestar~0.6 mi · fee
- Dexter~2.3 mi · fee
- Parry Peak~3.2 mi · fee
The unit that manages Lake View Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lake View Campground are set by Pike and San Isabel National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Brumley at 10,570 ft, about 10 miles away. 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 — Lake View Campground
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
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 Lake View Campground
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 — Lake View Campground
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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