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Teal Lake
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 40.58509, -106.60711
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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 Teal Lake
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,831 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Teal LakeNIFC · 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 Teal Lake · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater11 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- OOutfitter14 mi
- ShShower14 mi
- EVEV fast charger14 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- DDump20 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Teal Lake
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,831 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
40.58509, -106.60711
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Teal Lake · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townSteamboat Springs · ~13.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSpace Station · ~13.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~20.1 mi
- GroceriesNatural Grocers · ~13.7 mi
- PharmacyLyon Drug · ~13.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicUCHealth Urgent Care · ~14.2 mi
- HardwareACE Hardware · ~14.4 mi
EV charging — from Teal Lake · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger13.9 mi straight-line SW — 910 Yampa St, Steamboat Springs, CO · LOOP · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 12 within 50 · 215 within 100 · 407 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)38.1 mi — Kremmling, CO - Park Avenue - Tesla Supercharger, Kremmling
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO14.1 mi — MAVERIK SB SPRINGS PL1, Steamboat Springs
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)13.4 mi — STEAMBOAT SPR SKI TIME 1, Steamboat Springs, CO · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast charger$35 monthly service fee; $0.48 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 453140 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Teal Lake · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletTeal Lake · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomNewcomb Creek · ~1.0 mi N · USFS
- RestroomGrizzly · ~1.7 mi N · USFS
- RestroomGrizzly Guard Station · ~2.0 mi S · USFS
Open Teal Lake elsewhere
Other camps near Teal Lake
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Summit Lake~4.8 mi · fee
- Hidden Lakes~5.4 mi · fee
- Granite Campground~7.6 mi · fee
- Routt County~8.2 mi
The unit that manages Teal Lake
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Teal Lake are set by Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Tower at 10,610 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 1,779 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 — Teal Lake
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: $20 per night for a single site, and $40 per night for the group site, which the forest caps at 21 people. Exact cash or check only, payment instructions on the kiosk. Read the sourcing carefully here: the $20 single-site rate comes from the forest page alone (updated Aug 20 2025). The recreation.gov listing in the agency record, facility 232425, is 'TEAL LAKE GROUP CAMPSITE' -- the GROUP booking, not the single sites -- and its $40 group rate agrees with the forest page, so it corroborates the $40 but is not a second source for the $20. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/recreation/teal-lake-campground and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232425.
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 Teal Lake
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 — Teal Lake
When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Camping near a reservoir →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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