Free camping near City of Creede, CO
Within 25 straight-line miles of City of Creede, CO there are 34 camps: 9 free, 9 fee, 16 unpriced. The closest is Marshall Park Campground, 5.1 miles south-west of town. The closest one our audit calls free is Hansons Mill Dispersed Campsite, 11 miles out.
Who manages them: 30 on the Forest Service; 3 on an agency our record does not name; 1 on the BLM.
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Park Campground | 5.1 | Unpriced | Rio Grande (river) | 4.0 mi to Sunnyside | — |
| Rio Grande Campground | 7.5 | Unpriced | Rio Grande (river) | 4.5 mi to Spar City | — |
| Hansons Mill Dispersed Campsite | 11 | Free | West Alder Creek (stream) | 4.5 mi to Wagon Wheel Gap | — |
| Palisade Campground | 11 | Unpriced | Rio Grande (river) | 2.2 mi to Wagon Wheel Gap | — |
| North Clear Creek Campground | 12 | Unpriced | North Clear Creek (river) | 9.8 mi to Sunnyside | — |
| Bristol Head | 12 | Fee | — | 12 mi to City of Creede | — |
| Bristol Head Campground | 12 | Fee | South Clear Creek (river) | 10 mi to Sunnyside | — |
| Ivy Creek Campground | 12 | Unpriced | Ivy Creek (river) | 2.4 mi to Spar City | — |
| Silver Thread Campground | 13 | Fee | South Clear Creek (river) | 11 mi to Sunnyside | — |
| Crooked Creek Dispersed Area | 14 | Free | — | 14 mi to City of Creede | — |
| Road Canyon Campground | 16 | Unpriced | Road Canyon Reservoir Number 2 (water) | 13 mi to Spar City | — |
| Cebolla | 17 | Free | Rough Creek (stream) | 11 mi to Smith Place | — |
| Spruce Campground | 17 | Free | Cebolla Creek (stream) | 11 mi to Lake City | — |
| Hidden Valley Tent Campground | 17 | Unpriced | Cebolla Creek (stream) | 10 mi to Lake City | — |
| Cathedral Campground | 18 | Unpriced | Embargo Creek (stream) | 9.3 mi to Alpine | — |
| Stone Cellar Campground | 18 | Unpriced | Saquache Creek (stream) | 17 mi to North Creede | — |
| River Hill Campground | 19 | Fee | Rio Grande (river) | 14 mi to Spar City | — |
| Deer Lakes Campground | 19 | Unpriced | — | — | — |
| Slumgullion | 19 | Free | Slumgullion Creek (stream) | 5.9 mi to Lake City | — |
| 30 Mile Stock Unloading Area | 20 | Free | Rio Grande (river) | 16 mi to Spar City | — |
| Salt House | 20 | Free | — | — | — |
| Thirty Mile Campground | 20 | Fee | Rio Grande (river) | 16 mi to Spar City | — |
| Thirty Mile Campground | 20 | Fee | — | — | — |
| Highway Springs Campground | 20 | Unpriced | Tewksberry Creek (stream) | 3.9 mi to Baxterville | — |
| Park Creek Campground | 21 | Unpriced | Decker Creek (stream) | 0.8 mi to Lucky Seven Summer Homes | — |
| Lower Beaver Creek Campground | 21 | Unpriced | Beaver Creek (stream) | 4.1 mi to Lucky Seven Summer Homes | — |
| Upper Beaver Creek Campground | 22 | Unpriced | Beaver Creek (stream) | 3.8 mi to Lucky Seven Summer Homes | — |
| Big Meadows Campground | 23 | Fee | Spruce Creek (stream) | 4.4 mi to Lucky Seven Summer Homes | — |
| Williams Creek Campground | 23 | Fee | Williams Creek (stream) | 7.2 mi to Henson | — |
| Lost Trail | 24 | Fee | Rio Grande (river) | 14 mi to Middleton | — |
| Cross Creek Campground | 24 | Unpriced | Cross Creek (stream) | 4.9 mi to Lucky Seven Summer Homes | — |
| Dispersed Camping | 24 | Free | Pass Creek (stream) | 4.5 mi to Lucky Seven Summer Homes | — |
| Pass Creek Dispersed Campground | 24 | Free | Pass Creek (stream) | 4.6 mi to Lucky Seven Summer Homes | — |
| Cebolla Creek CG | 24 | Unpriced | Rudolph Gulch (stream) | 1.0 mi to Smith Place | — |
Every distance on this page is a straight line from City of Creede, CO, not a driving distance — a camp four miles out across a canyon can be an hour of road. Cost is the audited three-state verdict on each camp's own record: free, fee, or unpriced where we could not confirm a price. A blank column is a gap in the record, not a statement that the thing is absent. Camps come from state and federal agency records, not from a visit, except the ones marked. Seasons, permits and fire rules change: confirm with the managing office before you go. Found a fee where we show free? Tell us on the contact page.