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Radium Recreation Area
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CO · 39.95032, -106.55563
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 Radium Recreation Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,872 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Radium Recreation AreaNIFC · 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 Radium Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail9 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- EVEV fast charger12 mi
- DDump21 mi
- WWater22 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- LLaundry23 mi
- MMechanic23 mi
- +Urgent care26 mi
- ShShower28 mi
- AAir-up33 mi
- PPropane34 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 11 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 — Radium Recreation Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
6,872 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
39.95032, -106.55563
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Radium Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSheep Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townRadium · ~0.3 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~1.0 mi
- FuelKremmling Mercantile · ~11.2 mi
- Propane / LPGLPG · ~27.6 mi
- Dump station~21.1 mi
- GroceriesKremmling Mercantile · ~11.2 mi
- PharmacyKremmling Mercantile · ~11.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicMiddle Park Health - Kremmling · ~11.4 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~11.4 mi
EV charging — from Radium Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.7 mi straight-line NE — Kremmling, CO - Park Avenue - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach13 within 25 mi · 46 within 50 · 329 within 100 · 442 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO21.3 mi — RWEPOA TOPAZ VILLAGE MARKET, Edwards
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.4 mi — Town of Kremmling - Town Park (at a park) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-11-06 · 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 165579 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Radium Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomRadium Restroom Camping · at this camp · BLM
- RestroomRadium Restroom South - Left · at this camp · BLM
- RestroomRadium Restroom North - Left · at this camp · BLM
- RestroomRadium Restroom South - Right · at this camp · BLM
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Other camps near Radium Recreation Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Upper Colorado River Recreation Area~3.4 mi
- Blacktail Creek~8.2 mi · fee
- Rock Creek~9.5 mi
- Kremmling Recreation Management Area~11.5 mi
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Elliot Ridge at 10,550 ft, about 9 miles away. It sits about 3,678 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 — Radium Recreation Area
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 Radium Recreation Area
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 — Radium Recreation Area
Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Off-grid communication →All field notes →
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