Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Long Draw
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 40.51536, -105.76685
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Long Draw · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 239.0 (Long Draw Cg), 50 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as native material surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 239.0 (Long Draw Cg), 50 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles Jul 1 – Nov 15. That season ends after Nov 15.
MVUM record for FR 239.0 (Long Draw Cg): “07/01-11/15” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Long Draw
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 10,053 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Long DrawNIFC · 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 Long Draw · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- DDump16 mi
- FFuel16 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- ShShower16 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- OOutfitter16 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- LLaundry23 mi
- HHardware31 mi
- PPropane33 mi
- AAir-up35 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Long Draw
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
10,053 ft
Ground slope
2% · flat
State
CO
Coordinates
40.51536, -105.76685
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Long Draw · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCorral Creek · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townEstes Park · ~16.0 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.0 mi
- FuelConoco · ~15.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~15.7 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~12.2 mi
- PharmacyRocky Mountain Pharmacy · ~16.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicEstes Park Health Urgent Care Center · ~16.3 mi
EV charging — from Long Draw · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger15.7 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 · 68 within 50 · 325 within 100 · 421 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO16.3 mi — DC CORRIDOR ESTES PARK PL3, Estes Park
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)15.8 mi — NP Village, Estes Park, CO · EV Connect · J1772 · 4 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, 13.8 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
Level 2, restricted access — Mountain Campus (seasonal), Bellvue, 9.9 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 Long Draw · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLong Draw · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLong Draw #1 · ~0.7 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLong Draw #3 · ~1.5 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCorral Park · ~1.9 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Long Draw · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Corral Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 2% — flat. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Long Draw elsewhere
Other camps near Long Draw
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Grandview~2.4 mi · fee
- 4 dispersed campsites~6.4 mi
- Chambers Lake~7.0 mi · fee
- Aspen Glen~7.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages Long Draw
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Long Draw 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, less than a mile 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 — Long Draw
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 2026-08-27: $25 per night for a single site and $51 for a double site. Confirmed by two sources: the Arapaho-Roosevelt NF campground page (updated Jul 1 2026), and the forest-wide Campground Status table (page states last updated Aug 24 2026 -- three days before this check, and the source the campground page itself tells you to read), which lists 25 sites, a 30-foot maximum spur, FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED with no reservations, and a season of July 1 to Nov 15. That July 1 opening is the latest of any ARP camp in this batch. Canyon Lakes Ranger District. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/arp/recreation/long-draw-campground and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/arp/conditions.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Long Draw
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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — Long Draw
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →