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Lower Narrows
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 40.68833, -105.43242
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service 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 Lower Narrows
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,454 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lower NarrowsNIFC · 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 Lower Narrows · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- ShShower5 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- FFuel13 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- OOutfitter16 mi
- MMechanic17 mi
- PPropane18 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- LLaundry18 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- EVEV fast charger20 mi
- AAir-up20 mi
- DDump23 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Lower Narrows
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,454 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
40.68833, -105.43242
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Lower Narrows · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCache la Poudre River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townStove Prairie Landing · ~2.3 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.0 mi
- FuelFuel · ~13.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~23.0 mi
- GroceriesOverland Foods · ~15.9 mi
- PharmacyKing Soopers Pharmacy · ~18.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicPlanned Parenthood · ~19.3 mi
- HardwareJosephs' Hardware & Home Center · ~19.0 mi
EV charging — from Lower Narrows · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger19.7 mi straight-line E — Jax Outdoor Gear, Fort Collins, CO · eVgo Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-15 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach16 within 25 mi · 83 within 50 · 317 within 100 · 407 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)21.5 mi — Estes Park, CO - Tesla Supercharger, Estes Park
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.4 mi — Red Feather Lakes Library (at a library) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-01-09 · hours: 10am-6pm daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Mountain Campus (seasonal), Bellvue, 11.7 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 228450 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lower Narrows · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletNarrows · ~0.2 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDutch George · ~0.9 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCentury Park · ~0.9 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletStevens Gulch · ~1.3 mi E · USFS
Open Lower Narrows elsewhere
Other camps near Lower Narrows
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Narrows~0.2 mi · fee
- Dutch George~0.9 mi · fee
- Mountain Park~1.8 mi · fee
- Stove Prairie Landing~1.9 mi · fee
The unit that manages Lower Narrows
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lower Narrows 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 Hourglass Lake at 9,380 ft, about 13 miles away. It sits about 2,926 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 — Lower Narrows
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Lower Narrows
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 — Lower Narrows
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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