Miner's Cabin Campground
Everything you need — measured from camp
- @Mail9 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- LLaundry13 mi
- ShShower13 mi
- OOutfitter13 mi
- WWater14 mi
- PPropane16 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- AAir-up36 mi
- DDump39 mi
The read: water's a short hop out, 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). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRoot Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townLa Plata · ~1.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSpeedway · ~11.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesP&D Grocery · ~11.8 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~12.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicAnimas Surgical Hospital · ~14.6 mi
- HardwareLewis True Value Mercantile · ~28.1 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMiners Cabin Dispersed Area · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletKroeger · ~0.4 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMadden Creek · ~0.4 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSnowslide · ~0.7 mi S · USFS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Kroeger Campground~0.4 mi
- Madden Creek Campground~0.4 mi
- Snowslide Campground~0.7 mi
- La Plata City Campground~0.9 mi
The unit that manages this camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Columbus Basin at 10,780 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 1,839 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
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres 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