Free camping near Copper Mountain, CO
Yes. 3 of the 46 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Copper Mountain, CO are listed as free; 35 charge a fee and 8 have no price on record. The closest free one is Homestake Valley, 8.8 miles west, on U.S. Forest Service land. The closest camp of any kind is Camp Hale East Fork, 6.1 miles southwest, a fee campground.
All 46 camps near Copper Mountain, CO
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Hale East Fork | 6.1 | Fee | — | 6.1 mi to Copper Mountain | — |
| Camp Hale Memorial | 7.2 | Fee | — | 6.9 mi to Red Cliff | — |
| Homestake Valley | 8.8 | Free | Homestake Creek (stream) | 2.7 mi to Red Cliff | — |
| Hornsilver | 8.9 | Fee | — | 1.4 mi to Red Cliff | — |
| Peak One | 10 | Fee | — | 1.2 mi to Frisco | — |
| Pine Cove Cg | 10 | Fee | — | 1.3 mi to Frisco | — |
| Kite Lake | 11 | Fee | — | 4.3 mi to Alma | Check |
| Heaton Bay Cg | 11 | Fee | — | 1.9 mi to Frisco | — |
| Gore Creek | 11 | Fee | — | 4.7 mi to Vail | — |
| Heaton Bay Pa | 11 | Fee | — | 2.0 mi to Frisco | — |
| Prospector | 12 | Fee | — | 1.7 mi to Dillon | — |
| Mosquito Peaks | 12 | Unpriced | Cooney Lake (water) | 2.5 mi to Birdseye | — |
| Windy Point | 12 | Fee | — | 1.2 mi to Dillon | — |
| Half Moon Campground | 12 | Unpriced | Notch Mountain Creek (stream) | 3.0 mi to Belden | — |
| Lowry | 12 | Fee | — | 2.2 mi to Dillon | — |
| Gold Park | 13 | Fee | — | 8.0 mi to Red Cliff | — |
| Spraddle Creek Ranch | 15 | Free | — | — | — |
| Selkirk | 15 | Fee | — | 7.0 mi to Blue River | — |
| Father Dyer Campground | 16 | Fee | Tennessee Creek (stream) | 1.3 mi to Leadville Junction | — |
| Tabor | 16 | Fee | — | 2.7 mi to Leadville North | — |
| Printer Boy Campground | 16 | Fee | Tennessee Creek (stream) | 0.9 mi to Leadville Junction | — |
| Baby Doe Campground | 16 | Unpriced | Tennessee Creek (stream) | 1.1 mi to Leadville Junction | — |
| Belle of Colorado Campground | 17 | Fee | Tennessee Creek (stream) | 1.0 mi to Leadville Junction | — |
| Molly Brown Campground | 17 | Unpriced | Tennessee Creek (stream) | 0.8 mi to Leadville Junction | — |
| Silver Dollar Campground | 17 | Fee | Tennessee Creek (stream) | 0.7 mi to Leadville Junction | — |
| Matchless | 17 | Fee | — | 2.6 mi to Leadville North | — |
| Michigan Creek | 17 | Fee | — | 8.5 mi to Blue River | — |
| Blue River | 18 | Fee | — | 5.0 mi to Silverthorne | — |
| May Queen | 19 | Fee | — | 6.7 mi to Leadville North | Closed |
| Jefferson Creek | 19 | Fee | — | 9.8 mi to Blue River | — |
| Four Mile Creek Campground | 19 | Unpriced | Fourmile Creek (stream) | 5.5 mi to Fairplay | — |
| Aspen | 19 | Fee | — | 11 mi to Blue River | — |
| Lodgepole | 20 | Fee | — | 11 mi to Blue River | — |
| Horseshoe Campground | 20 | Unpriced | Fourmile Creek (stream) | 4.8 mi to Fairplay | — |
| Piney Designated Dispersed | 20 | Free | Piney River (stream) | 5.3 mi to Vail | — |
| Hall Valley | 21 | Fee | — | 7.6 mi to Montezuma | — |
| Handcart | 21 | Fee | — | 7.7 mi to Montezuma | — |
| Timberline | 23 | Fee | — | 11 mi to Montezuma | — |
| Sugarloaf | 24 | Fee | — | 9.6 mi to Silverthorne | Open |
| South Fork | 24 | Fee | — | 9.9 mi to Silverthorne | Open |
| Elk Wallow | 24 | Fee | — | 2.5 mi to Norrie | — |
| Kenosha Pass | 24 | Fee | — | 13 mi to Montezuma | — |
| Kenosha East | 24 | Fee | — | 13 mi to Montezuma | — |
| Halfmoon East Campground | 24 | Unpriced | Halfmoon Creek (stream) | 4.8 mi to Kobe | — |
| Halfmoon West Campground | 24 | Unpriced | Halfmoon Creek (stream) | 4.8 mi to Kobe | — |
| Fulford Cave | 24 | Fee | — | 1.8 mi to Fulford | — |
Who manages the camps near Copper Mountain, CO
Who manages them: 45 on the Forest Service; 1 on the BLM.
- Pike and San Isabel National Forests — 23 camps: 17 fee, 6 unpriced
- White River National Forest — 19 camps: 3 free, 15 fee, 1 unpriced
- Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests — 2 camps: 2 fee
- Royal Gorge Field Office — 1 camp: 1 unpriced
- The Forest Service — 1 camp: 1 fee
Season read for these camps, today
Today's season read covers 4 of the 46: 2 open, 1 closed, 1 worth a call. It comes from each camp's own record, so a camp with no season word is not counted either way.
Forecast near Copper Mountain, CO
This is the Weather Service forecast for the town, fetched when the page opens. It is not a forecast for any camp in the table; ground higher up or in a canyon can run colder or windier. It needs JavaScript; without it, see weather.gov.
Camping near other towns close by
The nearest towns that have their own page, with the straight-line miles between the towns.
Every distance on this page is a straight line from Copper Mountain, 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.