Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
Upper Colorado River Recreation Area
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CO · 39.98440, -106.50840
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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 Upper Colorado River Recreation Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,089 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Upper Colorado River Recreation AreaNIFC · 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 Upper Colorado River Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- DDump24 mi
- WWater24 mi
- OOutfitter24 mi
- LLaundry25 mi
- MMechanic25 mi
- ShShower28 mi
- +Urgent care29 mi
- AAir-up33 mi
- PPropane34 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 24-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Upper Colorado River Recreation Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
7,089 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
39.98440, -106.50840
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Upper Colorado River Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townKremmling · ~8.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelKremmling Mercantile · ~7.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~23.8 mi
- GroceriesKremmling Mercantile · ~7.8 mi
- PharmacyKremmling Mercantile · ~7.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicEagle Healthcare Center · ~29.3 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~8.0 mi
EV charging — from Upper Colorado River Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.2 mi straight-line NE — Kremmling, CO - Park Avenue - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach13 within 25 mi · 44 within 50 · 335 within 100 · 442 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO24.0 mi — RWEPOA TOPAZ VILLAGE MARKET, Edwards
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.0 mi — Town of Kremmling - Town Park (at a park) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-11-06 · 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 165579 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Upper Colorado River Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomPumphouse Restroom #3 - East · ~0.2 mi NW · BLM
- RestroomPumphouse Restroom #3 - West · ~0.2 mi NW · BLM
- RestroomPumphouse Restroom #2 · ~0.2 mi NW · BLM
- RestroomPumphouse Restroom #4 - South · ~0.3 mi W · BLM
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Other camps near Upper Colorado River Recreation Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Radium Recreation Area~3.4 mi
- Blacktail Creek~6.8 mi · fee
- Kremmling Recreation Management Area~8.1 mi
- Rock Creek~8.8 mi
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Elliot Ridge at 10,550 ft, about 9 miles away. It sits about 3,461 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 — Upper Colorado River Recreation Area
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 Upper Colorado River Recreation Area
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 — Upper Colorado River Recreation Area
Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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