Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
Strawberry
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CO · 40.00055, -105.83409
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. 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 Strawberry
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,384 ft.
Fire & smoke — around StrawberryNIFC · 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 Strawberry · Bureau of Land Management · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail1 mi
- MMechanic3 mi
- HHardware4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- EVEV fast charger4 mi
- OOutfitter4 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- WWater6 mi
- ShShower6 mi
- DDump13 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- +Urgent care25 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- AAir-up28 mi
- PPropane28 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Strawberry
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
8,384 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
40.00055, -105.83409
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Strawberry · Bureau of Land Management · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRanch Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townTabernash · ~0.7 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~5.5 mi
- FuelConoco · ~5.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~12.8 mi
- GroceriesSafeway · ~4.0 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~25.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicMiddle Park Health - Fraser Campus · ~5.6 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~17.3 mi
EV charging — from Strawberry · Bureau of Land Management · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger4.2 mi straight-line S — TOWN OF FRASER LIONS PONDS · 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 reach16 within 25 mi · 170 within 50 · 377 within 100 · 432 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)18.6 mi — 420 E Park Ave, Empire
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)4.4 mi — Trailblazers, Fraser, CO · AMPUP · J1772 · 10 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-05-09 · hours: Contact site for information
- 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 169944 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Strawberry · Bureau of Land Management · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSt. Louis Creek · ~5.5 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMeadow Creek Reservoir · ~5.9 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJunco Lake · ~6.3 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletIdlewild · ~7.3 mi SE · USFS
Open Strawberry elsewhere
Other camps near Strawberry
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- St. Louis Creek~5.5 mi · fee
- Idlewild~7.3 mi · fee
- Byers Creek~9.2 mi · fee
- Arapaho Bay~9.2 mi · fee
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is High Lonesome at 10,630 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 2,246 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 — Strawberry
Source
Bureau of Land Management 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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Strawberry
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 — Strawberry
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