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Stove Prairie Landing
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 40.68319, -105.39610
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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 Stove Prairie Landing
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,086 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Stove Prairie LandingNIFC · 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 Stove Prairie Landing · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- ShShower7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- OOutfitter15 mi
- MMechanic15 mi
- PPropane16 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- AAir-up18 mi
- DDump23 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, 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 — Stove Prairie Landing
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,086 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
40.68319, -105.39610
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Stove Prairie Landing · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townRed Feather Lakes · ~13.0 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.1 mi
- FuelShell · ~10.9 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~15.9 mi
- Dump station~22.9 mi
- GroceriesTrading Post · ~7.4 mi
- PharmacyKing Soopers Pharmacy · ~16.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicSalud Medical Center · ~16.3 mi
- HardwareLaporte Hardware and variety · ~14.1 mi
EV charging — from Stove Prairie Landing · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.8 mi straight-line E — Jax Outdoor Gear, Fort Collins, CO · eVgo Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-15 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach16 within 25 mi · 85 within 50 · 317 within 100 · 406 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)21.7 mi — Estes Park, CO - Tesla Supercharger, Estes Park
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)13.1 mi — Red Feather Lakes Library (at a library) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-01-09 · hours: 10am-6pm daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Forks Mercantile & Saloon - Tesla Destination, Livermore, 12.1 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
Level 2, restricted access — Howling Cow Café, Bellvue, 11.4 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for customers only · AFDC lists it “Free” - 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 228450 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Stove Prairie Landing · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletStove Prairie Landing · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUpper Landing · ~0.3 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletStevens Gulch · ~0.6 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletNarrows · ~2.0 mi W · USFS
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Other camps near Stove Prairie Landing
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Lower Narrows~1.9 mi
- Narrows~2.0 mi · fee
- Ansel Watrous~2.8 mi · fee
- Dutch George~2.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Stove Prairie Landing
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Stove Prairie Landing are set by Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Hourglass Lake at 9,380 ft, about 14 miles away. It sits about 3,294 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 — Stove Prairie Landing
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 2026-08-27: $29 per night for a single site and $58 for a double site. Confirmed three ways: the Arapaho-Roosevelt NF campground page (updated May 1 2026); the forest-wide Campground Status table (updated Aug 24 2026), which lists 9 sites, a 30-foot maximum spur, Reserve Now, $29/58, season May 1 to Oct 11; and recreation.gov facility 234509 'STOVE PRAIRIE', 0.031 mi from this pin, which charges $29 in peak season. Recreation.gov also publishes $25 walk-in and $18.75 off-peak rates, so a shoulder-season night here costs well under the headline figure. Note the forest files it as Stove Prairie while we and the agency database call it Stove Prairie Landing. Canyon Lakes Ranger District, Poudre Canyon. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/arp/recreation/stove-prairie-campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/arp/conditions and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234509.
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 Stove Prairie Landing
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 — Stove Prairie Landing
What “dispersed” means here →Cold-weather camping →Fire rules & restrictions →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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