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Red Rocks
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 39.04464, -105.07646
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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 Red Rocks
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,165 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Red RocksNIFC · 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 Red Rocks · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail2 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- MMechanic3 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- HHardware4 mi
- LLaundry4 mi
- +Urgent care4 mi
- OOutfitter4 mi
- RxPharmacy5 mi
- ShShower5 mi
- AAir-up8 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- DDump10 mi
- WWater10 mi
- PPropane18 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 3 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 — Red Rocks
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,165 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
39.04464, -105.07646
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Red Rocks · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townWoodland Park · ~3.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~3.7 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~18.2 mi
- Dump station~10.1 mi
- GroceriesMountain Naturals · ~2.9 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~4.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicPenrose Mountain Urgent Care · ~3.7 mi
- HardwareWoodland Hardware & Home · ~3.7 mi
EV charging — from Red Rocks · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.4 mi straight-line SW — ALOHA DIVIDE I CHARGE, TOO · 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 reach36 within 25 mi · 137 within 50 · 364 within 100 · 451 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)12.0 mi — Walmart EV Charging, Monument
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)3.5 mi — CORE SEDALIA WP CITY HALL, Woodland Park, 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 260491 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Red Rocks · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletRed Rocks · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSouth Meadows · ~1.6 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPike Community · ~1.8 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletColorado · ~2.6 mi N · USFS
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Other camps near Red Rocks
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- South Meadows~1.6 mi · fee
- Pike Community~1.8 mi · fee
- Colorado~2.6 mi · fee
- Painted Rocks~3.1 mi · fee
The unit that manages Red Rocks
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Red Rocks 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 Glen Cove at 11,410 ft, about 12 miles away. It sits about 3,245 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 — Red Rocks
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-22: $190 per night for the whole campground, up to 100 people. This is a GROUP campground -- there is no single-site rate, and the forest notes it may also be reserved for day use at the same overnight rate. recreation.gov lists the same $190 as a group standard non-electric site for the 2026 season (May 22 to Sep 12). Caveat: the forest page was last updated Apr 16 2025, the oldest page in this batch, so the $190 is a 2025-vintage figure that the 2026 recreation.gov season happens to confirm. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/psicc/recreation/red-rocks-group-campground and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/231873.
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 Red Rocks
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 — Red Rocks
When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Water on public land →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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