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Little Molas Lake Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 37.74492, -107.70923
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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 Little Molas Lake Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 10,950 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Little Molas Lake 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 Little Molas Lake Campground · San Juan National Forest · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- WWater12 mi
- ShShower12 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- OOutfitter14 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- LLaundry23 mi
- DDump23 mi
- MMechanic34 mi
- PPropane37 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Little Molas Lake Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
10,950 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
37.74492, -107.70923
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Little Molas Lake Campground · San Juan National Forest · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLittle Molas Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townSilverton · ~5.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelConoco · ~16.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~23.3 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~4.9 mi
- PharmacySunshine Pharmacy · ~14.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicMercy Medical Clinic · ~9.7 mi
- HardwareTimberline Ace Hardware · ~14.3 mi
EV charging — from Little Molas Lake Campground · San Juan National Forest · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.7 mi straight-line SW — PURGATORY PURGATORY PL2, Durango, 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 · 13 within 50 · 52 within 100 · 154 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)15.2 mi — Mountain Village, CO - Tesla Supercharger, Mountain Village
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)5.4 mi — The Wyman Hotel - Tesla Destination, Silverton, CO · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 261726 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Little Molas Lake Campground · San Juan National Forest · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLittle Molas Dispersed Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMolas Pass · ~0.8 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAndrews Lake · ~1.2 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCoal Bank · ~4.9 mi SW · USFS
Open Little Molas Lake Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Little Molas Lake Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- South Mineral Dispersed Area~5.2 mi
- South Mineral Cg~5.5 mi · fee
- Cunningham Gulch Dispersed Camping~7.8 mi
- Cunningham Gulch Dispersed Camping~7.9 mi
The unit that manages Little Molas Lake Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Little Molas Lake Campground are set by San Juan National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Molas Lake at 10,610 ft, about a mile away. It sits about 340 ft lower 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 — Little Molas Lake 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 Little Molas Lake 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 — Little Molas Lake Campground
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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