Free camping near Crested Butte, CO
Yes. 23 of the 53 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Crested Butte, CO are listed as free; 22 charge a fee and 8 have no price on record. The closest free one is Brush Creek Designated Camping Area, 4.3 miles east, on U.S. Forest Service land.
The 50 nearest camps to Crested Butte, CO
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Creek Designated Camping Area | 4.3 | Free | Brush Creek (stream) | 3.9 mi to Mount Crested Butte | — |
| Farris Creek Designated Camping Area | 4.9 | Free | Farris Creek (stream) | 3.6 mi to Crested Butte South | — |
| Washington Gulch Designated Camping Area | 5.1 | Free | Washington Gulch (stream) | 2.3 mi to Gothic | — |
| Splains Gulch Designated Camping Area | 5.2 | Free | Coal Creek (stream) | 4.9 mi to Crested Butte | — |
| Tent City Designated Camping Area | 5.4 | Free | Brush Creek (stream) | 4.6 mi to Mount Crested Butte | — |
| Musicians Camp Designated Camping Area | 5.9 | Free | Slate River (stream) | 3.8 mi to Gothic | — |
| West Brush Designated Camping Area | 6.1 | Free | Brush Creek (stream) | 4.8 mi to Mount Crested Butte | — |
| Kebler Pass Designated Camping Area | 6.2 | Free | — | 6.2 mi to Crested Butte | — |
| Lake Irwin Campground | 7.1 | Fee | Lake Irwin (water) | 6.7 mi to Crested Butte | — |
| Lower Cement Creek Camping CC 1-4 | 7.2 | Free | Cement Creek (stream) | 1.9 mi to Crested Butte South | — |
| Slate River Designated Camping Area | 7.6 | Free | Poverty Gulch (stream) | 3.8 mi to Gothic | — |
| Walrod Designated Camping Area | 7.6 | Free | — | — | — |
| Gothic | 8.0 | Fee | — | 5.6 mi to Mount Crested Butte | — |
| Cement Creek | 8.1 | Fee | — | 8.1 mi to Crested Butte | Open |
| Poverty Gulch Designated Camping Area | 8.2 | Free | — | 7.2 mi to Mount Crested Butte | — |
| Gothic Designated Camping Area | 9.4 | Fee | — | 7.1 mi to Mount Crested Butte | — |
| Lost Lake Campground | 12 | Unpriced | Lost Lake Slough (water) | 12 mi to Baldwin | — |
| Pearl Pass Dispersed | 14 | Free | Castle Creek (stream) | 2.6 mi to Ashcroft | — |
| Spring Creek Campground | 14 | Unpriced | Browns Gulch (stream) | 7.2 mi to Almont | — |
| Mosca Campground | 14 | Unpriced | Spring Creek (stream) | 10 mi to Crested Butte South | — |
| Granite Tent Campground | 15 | Unpriced | Onemile Creek (stream) | 6.0 mi to Almont | — |
| Dispersed camp — Gunnison County, CO | 15 | Free | South Castle Creek (stream) | 7.6 mi to Baldwin | — |
| North Bank | 15 | Fee | — | 15 mi to Crested Butte | — |
| North Bank Campground | 15 | Unpriced | Onemile Creek (stream) | 6.5 mi to Almont | — |
| One Mile | 15 | Fee | — | 15 mi to Crested Butte | — |
| Rosy Lane Campground | 16 | Unpriced | Onemile Creek (stream) | 7.0 mi to Almont | — |
| Almont Camp Site | 16 | Fee | Fisher Gulch (stream) | 0.9 mi to Almont | — |
| Erickson Springs Campground | 17 | Unpriced | Anthracite Creek (stream) | 8.9 mi to Marble | — |
| Dorchester Campground | 18 | Free | Italian Creek (stream) | 9.6 mi to Ashcroft | — |
| Dorchester | 18 | Free | Italian Creek (stream) | 9.5 mi to Ashcroft | — |
| Lodgepole Campground | 18 | Fee | Gooseberry Creek (stream) | 9.2 mi to Abbeyville | — |
| Silver Queen | 19 | Fee | — | 5.7 mi to Aspen | — |
| Cold Spring Campground | 19 | Unpriced | Gooseberry Creek (stream) | 8.2 mi to Abbeyville | — |
| Silver Bell | 20 | Fee | — | 4.8 mi to Aspen | — |
| Silver Bar | 20 | Fee | — | 4.5 mi to Aspen | — |
| Lottis Creek Campground | 20 | Fee | Lottis Creek (stream) | 7.2 mi to Abbeyville | — |
| Dinner Station Campground | 21 | Fee | Trail Creek (stream) | 9.5 mi to Winfield | — |
| Dinner Station | 21 | Fee | — | — | — |
| Bogan Flats Group Campground | 22 | Fee | Chair Creek (stream) | 2.7 mi to Placita | — |
| Lakeview | 22 | Fee | — | 15 mi to Pitkin | — |
| Difficult Gcg | 22 | Fee | — | 5.0 mi to Aspen | — |
| Bogan Flats Cg | 22 | Fee | — | 4.0 mi to Marble | — |
| Rivers End Campground | 22 | Fee | Taylor Park Reservoir (water) | 6.9 mi to Abbeyville | — |
| Bogan Flats Campground | 22 | Fee | Chair Creek (stream) | 2.2 mi to Placita | — |
| Weller Cg | 22 | Fee | — | 8.1 mi to Aspen | — |
| Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #6 | 23 | Free | Lincoln Creek (stream) | 7.4 mi to Ashcroft | — |
| Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #7 | 23 | Free | Lincoln Creek (stream) | 7.4 mi to Ashcroft | — |
| Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #5 | 23 | Free | Lincoln Creek (stream) | 7.3 mi to Ashcroft | — |
| Lincoln Gulch Cg | 23 | Fee | — | 9.3 mi to Aspen | — |
| Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #8 | 23 | Free | Lincoln Creek (stream) | 7.5 mi to Ashcroft | — |
The other 3 inside the circle are on the live map — open it centred on Crested Butte, CO.
Who manages the camps near Crested Butte, CO
Who manages them: 46 on the Forest Service; 7 on an agency our record does not name.
- Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests — 36 camps: 15 free, 13 fee, 8 unpriced
- White River National Forest — 17 camps: 8 free, 9 fee
Season read for these camps, today
Today's season read covers 1 of the 53: 1 open, 0 closed, 0 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 Crested Butte, 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 Crested Butte, 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.