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Lower Piedra Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 37.25506, -107.34785
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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 Lower Piedra Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,900 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lower Piedra Campground NIFC · 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 Piedra Campground · San Juan National Forest · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail2 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- DDump15 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- OOutfitter15 mi
- WWater18 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- +Urgent care26 mi
- PPropane28 mi
- ShShower28 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, 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 — Lower Piedra Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,900 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
37.25506, -107.34785
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Lower Piedra Campground · San Juan National Forest · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureElk Creek (river) · nearby
- Nearest townPiedra · ~2.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelTurkey Springs Trading Post · ~9.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~14.8 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~13.2 mi
- PharmacyCity Market Pharmacy · ~14.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicPagosa Springs Medical Center · ~14.8 mi
- HardwareLewis True Value Mercantile · ~13.9 mi
EV charging — from Lower Piedra Campground · San Juan National Forest · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.5 mi straight-line E — CENTENNIAL PARK PAGOSA SPGS PL1, Pagosa Springs, 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 reach2 within 25 mi · 12 within 50 · 51 within 100 · 165 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)18.5 mi — CENTENNIAL PARK PAGOSA SPGS PL2, Pagosa Springs
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.0 mi — UPRFPD ADMIN STATION 1, Bayfield, CO · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 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 257794 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lower Piedra Campground · San Juan National Forest · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLower Piedra · ~0.9 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUte · ~5.0 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletChimney Rock National Monument · ~6.0 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFirst Fork · ~7.0 mi N · USFS
Open Lower Piedra Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Lower Piedra Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Lower Piedra Campground~0.9 mi
- Ute Campground~5.0 mi
- Dispersed campsite~8.5 mi
- Dispersed campsite~9.9 mi
The unit that manages Lower Piedra Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lower Piedra Campground are set by San Juan National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Lower Piedra 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
no road or trail found nearby — check manually
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 Piedra 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 — Lower Piedra Campground
Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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