Free camping in Colorado

340 free and low-cost camps on public land in Colorado, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests88 camps

• Almont Camp Site8,024 ft
• Alpine Plateau Dispersed Area11,364 ft
• Alta Lakes Campground (Dispersed)11,233 ft
• Amphitheatre Campground8,440 ft
• Antone Spring9,623 ft
• Beaver Lake Camground8,759 ft
• Big Blue Campground
• Big Cimarron8,653 ft
• Brush Creek Designated Camping Area8,959 ft
• Cebolla9,247 ft
• Cimarron Forks9,031 ft
• Cobbett Campground10,267 ft
• Cold Spring Campground8,956 ft
• Columbine9,110 ft
• Columbine Campground9,071 ft
• Corkscrew9,711 ft
• Cottonwood Lake Campground10,142 ft
• Crag Crest Campground10,221 ft
• Deer Lakes Campground
• Dinner Station Campground9,608 ft
• Dispersed camp site10,331 ft
• Dispersed camp — Gunnison County, CO11,314 ft
• Dispersed Camping Area10,614 ft
• Divide Forks8,721 ft
• Divide Forks Campground8,748 ft
• Dorchester9,872 ft
• Dorchester Campground9,900 ft
• East Dallas9,139 ft
• East Fork Dispersed9,077 ft
• Erickson Springs Campground6,809 ft
• Farris Creek Designated Camping Area9,292 ft
• Gold Creek Campground10,016 ft
• Granite Tent Campground8,377 ft
• Haypress8,951 ft
• Hidden Valley Tent Campground9,685 ft
• Iron Springs Campground9,575 ft
• Island Lake Campground10,272 ft
• Jumbo Lake Campground9,786 ft
• Kebler Pass Designated Camping Area9,826 ft
• Lake Irwin Campground10,395 ft
• Lodgepole Campground8,827 ft
• Lost Lake Campground9,624 ft
• Lottis Creek Campground9,085 ft
• Lower Cement Creek Camping CC 1-48,861 ft
• Matterhorn Campground9,452 ft
• Mcclure8,174 ft
• McClure Campground8,187 ft
• Middle Fork Cimarron Dispersed9,420 ft
• Middle Quartz Creek Campground10,225 ft
• Mirror Lake Campground
• Mosca Campground9,980 ft
• Musicians Camp Designated Camping Area9,153 ft
• Needle Creek Reservoir8,853 ft
• Needle Creek Reservoir Camping Area8,882 ft
• North Bank Campground8,407 ft
• Owl Creek Pass Dispersed10,119 ft
• Pitkin Campground9,347 ft
• Poverty Gulch Designated Camping Area9,555 ft
• Priest Lake Designated Camping Area9,583 ft
• Quartz Creek Campground9,859 ft
• Rivers End Campground9,365 ft
• Rosy Lane Campground8,455 ft
• Silver Jack Campground9,096 ft
• Silver Pick10,416 ft
• Slate River Designated Camping Area9,505 ft
• Slumgullion11,332 ft
• Snowblind Campground9,270 ft
• Soap Creek Campground7,723 ft
• Soap Creek Corral7,689 ft
• Soap Creek Corral / Coal Mesa7,702 ft
• Splains Gulch Designated Camping Area
• Spring Creek Campground8,540 ft
• Spruce Campground9,335 ft
• Spruce Grove Campground - Grand Valley RD10,011 ft
• Stage Stop Meadows Dispersed Camping Area10,287 ft
• Sunshine Campground9,584 ft
• Tent City Designated Camping Area9,170 ft
• Thistledown Campground8,767 ft
• Twin Lake Dispersed Camping Area10,410 ft
• Walrod Designated Camping Area9,143 ft
• Ward Lake Campground10,119 ft
• Washington Gulch Designated Camping Area9,683 ft
• Weir and Johnson Campground10,486 ft
• West Brush Designated Camping Area9,540 ft
• West Fork Cimarron Dispersed10,345 ft
• Wilderness Campsite 111,002 ft
• Williams Creek Campground9,216 ft
• Woods Lake Campground

Bureau of Land Management66 camps

• 18 Road - North Fruita Desert5,432 ft
• Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area7,051 ft
• Banjo4,422 ft
• Banks Campground6,881 ft
• Beaver Tail 14,431 ft
• Big Dominguez Campground
• Black Rocks 14,371 ft
• Black Rocks 24,368 ft
• Black Rocks 34,367 ft
• Black Rocks 54,360 ft
• Black Rocks 74,373 ft
• Black Rocks 84,363 ft
• Black Rocks 94,357 ft
• BLM dispersed camp — Chaffee County, CO7,082 ft
• BLM Dispersed Camping9,760 ft
• Bocco Mountain6,925 ft
• Browns Canyon National Monument7,315 ft
• Bull Draw4,437 ft
• Caddis Flats Campground
• Canyons Of The Ancient National Monument6,399 ft
• Cebolla Creek CG8,456 ft
• Cottonwood 14,419 ft
• Cottonwood 34,420 ft
• Cottonwood 44,421 ft
• Cottonwood Grove Campground5,091 ft
• Cunningham Gulch Dispersed Camping10,388 ft
• Cunningham Gulch Dispersed Camping10,374 ft
• Cunningham Gulch Dispersed Camping10,405 ft
• Dog Island4,377 ft
• Dolores River (Ut)4,556 ft
• Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area6,918 ft
• Fault Line 14,396 ft
• Fault Line 24,392 ft
• Flat-Top Peach Valley5,886 ft
• Gold Belt Recreation Management Area5,295 ft
• Grand Valley Open Ohv Area6,196 ft
• Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area6,498 ft
• Gunnison Gorge Wilderness6,089 ft
• Island Camp4,350 ft
• King Mountain8,630 ft
• Knowles4,350 ft
• Kremmling Recreation Management Area7,369 ft
• May Flats4,343 ft
• Mcinnis Canyons National Conservation Area5,501 ft
• Mee 14,388 ft
• Mee 24,383 ft
• Mee 44,388 ft
• Mee Canyon4,393 ft
• Mee Corner4,383 ft
• Mill Creek Campground9,470 ft
• Mosquito Peaks13,730 ft
• North Sand Hills Ohv Area8,287 ft
• Penitente Canyon7,915 ft
• Radium Recreation Area6,872 ft
• Rattlesnake4,432 ft
• Red Bridge Campground
• Salt Creek 24,411 ft
• Shelf Road Sites6,736 ft
• Stone Cabin8,869 ft
• Strawberry8,384 ft
• Texas Creek6,268 ft
• The Crown Rec Area7,472 ft
• Upper Colorado River Recreation Area7,089 ft
• Willow Creek Wsa7,205 ft
• Wolford Recreation Special Recreation Management Area9,146 ft
• Zapata Falls Srma7,765 ft

Rio Grande National Forest46 camps

• 30 Mile Stock Unloading Area9,307 ft
• Alamosa Campground8,630 ft
• Aspen Glade Campground8,518 ft
• Big Meadows Campground9,263 ft
• Bristol Head Campground9,499 ft
• Buffalo Pass Campground9,122 ft
• Cathedral Campground9,428 ft
• Comstock Campground9,680 ft
• Conejos Campground8,779 ft
• Crooked Creek Dispersed Area9,084 ft
• Cross Creek Campground8,849 ft
• Dispersed Camping8,804 ft
• Dispersed Camping9,257 ft
• Elk Creek Campground8,678 ft
• Elk Creek Overflow Campground
• Elwood Cabin11,532 ft
• Hansons Mill Dispersed Campsite10,860 ft
• Highway Springs Campground8,438 ft
• Ivy Creek Campground9,256 ft
• Lake Fork Campground9,500 ft
• Lower Beaver Creek Campground8,477 ft
• Marshall Park Campground8,741 ft
• Mix Lake Campground10,046 ft
• Mogote Campground8,422 ft
• North Clear Creek Campground9,563 ft
• North Crestone Campground8,294 ft
• Old Elk Creek8,847 ft
• Palisade Campground8,362 ft
• Park Creek Campground8,503 ft
• Pass Creek Dispersed Campground
• Poso Campground8,873 ft
• Rio Grande Campground8,833 ft
• River Hill Campground9,275 ft
• Road Canyon Campground9,313 ft
• Rock Creek Campground9,238 ft
• Salt House10,664 ft
• Silver Thread Campground9,718 ft
• Spectacle Lake Campground8,770 ft
• Stone Cellar Campground9,489 ft
• Storm King Campground9,382 ft
• Stunner Campground9,851 ft
• Thirty Mile Campground9,322 ft
• Thirty Mile Campground9,331 ft
• Trail Creek Camping Area
• Tucker Ponds Campground
• Upper Beaver Creek Campground8,538 ft

San Juan National Forest44 camps

• Bay City Campground
• Blanco River Campground7,254 ft
• Bridge Campground 7,820 ft
• Buckles Dispersed Campground8,372 ft
• Burro Bridge Campground 9,089 ft
• Cayton Campground9,347 ft
• Cimarrona Campground8,371 ft
• Darby Campground9,958 ft
• Dispersed camping7,995 ft
• Dispersed camping7,961 ft
• Dispersed camping7,971 ft
• Dispersed campsite7,870 ft
• Ferris Canyon Campground6,587 ft
• Florida Campground8,339 ft
• Graham Creek Campground7,711 ft
• Haviland Lake Campground8,177 ft
• House Creek Campground6,939 ft
• Jackson Dispersed Campground7,947 ft
• Junction Creek Campground7,353 ft
• Junction Creek Campground - Day Use7,406 ft
• Kroeger Campground8,883 ft
• La Plata City Campground9,099 ft
• Little Molas Lake Campground10,950 ft
• Lower Hermosa Campground7,719 ft
• Lower Piedra Campground6,591 ft
• Lower Piedra Campground 6,900 ft
• Madden Creek Campground8,999 ft
• Mavreeso Campground7,671 ft
• McPhee Campground7,160 ft
• McPhee Group Area7,151 ft
• Middle Mountain Campground
• Miller Creek Campground 8,170 ft
• Miner's Cabin Campground8,941 ft
• North Canyon Campground7,695 ft
• Sig Creek Campground 9,244 ft
• Snowslide Campground8,830 ft
• South Mineral Dispersed Area9,486 ft
• Target Tree Campground7,752 ft
• Transfer Campground8,922 ft
• Transfer Park Campground8,459 ft
• Ute Campground6,817 ft
• West Dolores Campground7,741 ft
• West Fork Campground 7,868 ft
• Williams Creek Campground 8,177 ft

Pike and San Isabel National Forests40 camps

• Angel of Shavano Campground9,142 ft
• Baby Doe Campground9,900 ft
• Badger Flats Camping Area8,712 ft
• Belle of Colorado Campground9,889 ft
• Buffalo7,341 ft
• Dispersed camp #10 — Park County, CO10,737 ft
• Dispersed camp #11 — Park County, CO10,866 ft
• Dispersed camp #12 — Park County, CO10,891 ft
• Dispersed camp #13 — Park County, CO10,610 ft
• Dispersed camp #14 — Park County, CO10,745 ft
• Dispersed camp #15 — Park County, CO
• Dispersed camp #16 — Park County, CO8,933 ft
• Dispersed camp #17 — Park County, CO10,121 ft
• Dispersed camp #2 — Park County, CO10,849 ft
• Dispersed camp #3 — Park County, CO10,971 ft
• Dispersed camp #4 — Park County, CO10,014 ft
• Dispersed camp #5 — Park County, CO8,878 ft
• Dispersed camp #6 — Park County, CO9,227 ft
• Dispersed camp #7 — Park County, CO10,309 ft
• Dispersed camp #8 — Park County, CO10,580 ft
• Dispersed camp #9 — Park County, CO10,653 ft
• Dispersed camp — Jefferson County, CO8,552 ft
• Dispersed camp — Park County, CO11,031 ft
• Elbert Creek Campground10,045 ft
• Father Dyer Campground9,921 ft
• Four Mile Creek Campground10,762 ft
• Halfmoon East Campground9,912 ft
• Halfmoon West Campground9,938 ft
• Happy Meadows Campground7,880 ft
• Horseshoe Campground10,539 ft
• Lake View Campground
• Marshall Pass Dispersed Campground8,806 ft
• Medano9,183 ft
• Meridian Campground9,039 ft
• Molly Brown Campground9,894 ft
• Oak Creek7,607 ft
• Silver Creek Dispersed Campground8,812 ft
• Silver Dollar Campground9,890 ft
• Winfield
• Wye9,843 ft

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests19 camps

• 4 dispersed campsites9,986 ft
• Allenspark Dispersed Camping8,601 ft
• Allenspark Dispersed Camping7,476 ft
• Beaver Reservoir Dispersed Camping9,154 ft
• Bull Mountain8,896 ft
• Gordon Gulch8,819 ft
• Gordon Gulch Dispersed Camping Area8,727 ft
• Highway 4 Pullout Dispersed camping
• Jacks Gulch Campground8,169 ft
• Lower Narrows6,454 ft
• Olive Ridge Campground8,348 ft
• Pole Hill Road Dispersed Camping
• Ruby Gulch Dispersed Camping9,103 ft
• Sawmill Gulch8,483 ft
• Stillwater Campground8,300 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — Boulder County, CO9,977 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — CO9,769 ft
• West Magnolia8,714 ft
• Winiger Ridge7,445 ft

White River National Forest17 camps

• Avalanche Cg7,323 ft
• Bogan Flats Campground
• Bogan Flats Group Campground
• Deep Lake10,503 ft
• Half Moon Campground10,291 ft
• Homestake Valley8,810 ft
• Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #19,661 ft
• Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #49,663 ft
• Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #59,817 ft
• Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #69,872 ft
• Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #79,939 ft
• Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #89,970 ft
• Pearl Pass Dispersed10,100 ft
• Piney Designated Dispersed9,301 ft
• Portal10,542 ft
• Spraddle Creek Ranch8,575 ft
• Sweetwater Lake Campground7,725 ft

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest6 camps

• Boswell Creek8,611 ft
• Crosho Lake8,875 ft
• Dry Lake Campground8,271 ft
• Red Dirt Reservoir9,103 ft
• Rock Creek8,751 ft
• Trout Creek8,089 ft

Other public land6 camps

• Burrows Park Dispersed Camping10,402 ft
• Dispersed Campsite6,001 ft
• Dispersed campsite7,105 ft
• North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping4,990 ft
• Poncha Pass Dispersed Campground9,040 ft
• Skagware Reservoir Dispersed Camping8,936 ft

U.S. Forest Service3 camps

• Bradfield Campground6,459 ft
• Printer Boy Campground9,933 ft
• Stoney Point6,993 ft

Elsewhere in Colorado5 camps

• Buckeye Campground7,618 ft
• Crow Valley4,827 ft · fee
• Red Canyon Park (Canon City)6,309 ft · notes
• Temple Canyon Park (Canon City)6,105 ft · notes
• Withers Canyon Trailhead4,640 ft