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Tom Bennett
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 40.57558, -105.58517
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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 Tom Bennett
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,922 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Tom BennettNIFC · 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 Tom Bennett · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater5 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- ShShower12 mi
- EVEV fast charger14 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- OOutfitter14 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- DDump17 mi
- PPropane24 mi
- HHardware24 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- AAir-up26 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Tom Bennett
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,922 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
40.57558, -105.58517
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Tom Bennett · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townEstes Park · ~14.7 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~5.1 mi
- FuelSafeway · ~14.0 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~23.7 mi
- Dump station~16.6 mi
- GroceriesTrading Post · ~11.5 mi
- PharmacyRocky Mountain Pharmacy · ~13.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicEstes Park Health Urgent Care Center · ~14.0 mi
- HardwareLaporte Hardware and variety · ~23.7 mi
EV charging — from Tom Bennett · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger13.7 mi straight-line S — Estes Park, CO - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 7 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 84 within 50 · 323 within 100 · 418 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS14.1 mi — DC CORRIDOR ESTES PARK PL1, Estes Park
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO14.1 mi — DC CORRIDOR ESTES PARK PL1, Estes Park
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.0 mi — Best Western Plus Silver Saddle Inn, Estes Park, CO (at a hotel) · TURNONGREEN · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-12-12 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — River Stone Resorts and Bear Paw Suites - Tesla Destination, Estes Park, 12.8 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
Level 2, restricted access — Mountain Campus (seasonal), Bellvue, 0.5 mi · J1772 · hours: Contact campus gate for station availability; seasonal campus - 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 102083 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Tom Bennett · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletTom Bennett · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFish Creek · ~3.4 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJacks Gulch · ~5.0 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJacks Gulch · ~5.2 mi NE · USFS
Open Tom Bennett elsewhere
Other camps near Tom Bennett
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Jacks Gulch~5.0 mi · fee
- 4 dispersed campsites~5.1 mi
- Jacks Gulch Campground~5.2 mi · fee
- Kelly Flats~9.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Tom Bennett
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Tom Bennett 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 2 miles away. It sits about 458 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 — Tom Bennett
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 2026-08-21: $19 per night, single site, first come first served, season May 15 to Nov 15. Confirmed twice: the campground page (updated May 18 2026) and the forest's campground status table. No recreation.gov listing. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/arp/recreation/tom-bennett-campground and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/arp/conditions.
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 Tom Bennett
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 — Tom Bennett
When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →What “dispersed” means here →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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