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Meridian Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 39.51174, -105.53517
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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 Meridian Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,039 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Meridian 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 Meridian Campground · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- WWater8 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- OOutfitter16 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- DDump22 mi
- PPropane24 mi
- ShShower25 mi
- AAir-up28 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 7 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 — Meridian Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
9,039 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
39.51174, -105.53517
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Meridian Campground · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureElk Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townSingleton · ~5.9 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.3 mi
- FuelFuel · ~6.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~22.0 mi
- GroceriesHome Brew Country Store · ~8.1 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~16.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicAction Behavior Centers - ABA Therapy for Autism · ~21.7 mi
- HardwareEvergreen Ace Hardware & Paint · ~15.7 mi
EV charging — from Meridian Campground · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.6 mi straight-line S — CORE SEDALIA BAILEY1 · 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 reach26 within 25 mi · 243 within 50 · 388 within 100 · 459 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)13.3 mi — Conifer, CO - Conifer Road - Tesla Supercharger, Conifer
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.2 mi — Staunton State Park, Pine, CO (at a public site) · RIVIAN_WAYPOINTS · 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 327546 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Meridian Campground · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMeridian Cg · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomDeer Creek Cg · ~1.0 mi W · USFS
- RestroomDeer Creek Th · ~1.7 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCaptain Mountain (Echo Lake Cg) · ~7.6 mi N · USFS
Open Meridian Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Meridian Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Deer Creek Cg~1.0 mi · fee
- Burning Bear Cg~9.5 mi · fee
- Echo Lake~10.5 mi · fee
- Geneva Park~10.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages Meridian Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Meridian 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 Echo Lake at 10,660 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 1,621 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 — Meridian 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 Meridian 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 — Meridian Campground
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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