Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirmRoad season: closed (MVUM)
Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 39.04904, -108.07946
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · CO
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 255 (Spruce Grove Cg), 40 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as crushed aggregate or gravel surface and maintenance level 4 – moderate degree of user comfort.
Road season: closed (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 255 (Spruce Grove Cg), 40 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles Jun 15 – Sep 16; today is outside that window. Opens Jun 15.
MVUM record for FR 255 (Spruce Grove Cg): “06/15-09/16” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 10,011 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RDNIFC · 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 Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · CO
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- +Urgent care9 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- EVEV fast charger13 mi
- HHardware15 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- DDump18 mi
- ShShower18 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- WWater20 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- OOutfitter26 mi
- PPropane52 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 — Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
10,011 ft
Ground slope
5.8% · gentle
State
CO
Coordinates
39.04904, -108.07946
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMesa Lake · ~0.3 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Nearest townMesa Lakes · ~0.6 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~9.3 mi
- Propane / LPGAmeriGas · ~30.1 mi
- Dump station~18.3 mi
- GroceriesFamily Food Town · ~15.2 mi
- PharmacyPalisade Pharmacy · ~15.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicMarilac Clinic · ~15.6 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~20.5 mi
EV charging — from Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger13.3 mi straight-line SE — SCVHISTSOC PIONEER TOWN 1, Cedaredge, CO · ChargePoint Network · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 36 within 50 · 85 within 100 · 166 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO21.1 mi — City of Delta, Delta
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)20.4 mi — James M. Robb - Corn Lake, Clifton, 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 332130 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSpruce Grove · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMesa Lakes · ~0.4 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGlacier Springs · ~0.7 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJumbo · ~0.7 mi W · USFS
Coming out here — Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · CO
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Mesa Lake as a perennial lake or pond, ~0.3 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 5.8% — gentle. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD elsewhere
Other camps near Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Jumbo Lake Campground~0.8 mi · fee
- Island Lake Campground~4.0 mi
- Little Bear~4.5 mi · fee
- Cobbett Campground~5.2 mi · fee
The unit that manages Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD are set by Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Mesa Lakes at 10,160 ft, about a mile away. That is about the height of this camp, so it is a fair proxy. 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 — Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD
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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Leave no trace →All field notes →