Free camping near Lake, CO
Yes. 24 of the 47 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Lake, CO are listed as free; 12 charge a fee and 11 have no price on record. The closest free one is Hinsdale County, 5.1 miles west.
Dave has slept at 3 of these camps.
All 47 camps near Lake, CO
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinsdale CountyDave slept here | 5.1 | Free | Nellie Creek (stream) | 1.5 mi to Henson | — |
| Slumgullion | 5.3 | Free | Slumgullion Creek (stream) | 5.9 mi to Lake City | — |
| Hinsdale CountyDave slept here | 6.3 | Free | — | 6.3 mi to Lake | — |
| Deer Lakes Campground | 6.7 | Unpriced | — | — | — |
| Williams Creek Campground | 7.0 | Fee | Williams Creek (stream) | 7.2 mi to Henson | — |
| Mill Creek Campground | 9.1 | Unpriced | Lake Fork Gunnison River (river) | 7.9 mi to Henson | — |
| Hidden Valley Tent Campground | 9.8 | Unpriced | Cebolla Creek (stream) | 10 mi to Lake City | — |
| Burrows Park Dispersed Camping | 10 | Free | Lake Fork Gunnison River (river) | 6.9 mi to Eureka | — |
| Spruce Campground | 11 | Free | Cebolla Creek (stream) | 11 mi to Lake City | — |
| Cebolla | 12 | Free | Rough Creek (stream) | 11 mi to Smith Place | — |
| Alpine Plateau Dispersed Area | 14 | Free | Campbell Creek (stream) | 13 mi to Lake City | — |
| Big Blue Campground | 14 | Unpriced | Soldier Creek (river) | 13 mi to Lake City | — |
| West Fork Cimarron Dispersed | 15 | Free | — | 8.0 mi to Portland | — |
| Middle Fork Cimarron Dispersed | 16 | Free | Middle Fork Cimarron River (river) | 12 mi to Portland | — |
| Silver Thread Campground | 16 | Fee | South Clear Creek (river) | 11 mi to Sunnyside | — |
| North Clear Creek Campground | 16 | Unpriced | North Clear Creek (river) | 9.8 mi to Sunnyside | — |
| East Fork Dispersed | 16 | Free | Silver Jack Reservoir (water) | 13 mi to Dallas | — |
| Owl Creek Pass Dispersed | 17 | Free | — | 8.7 mi to Portland | — |
| Cimarron Forks | 17 | Free | — | 12 mi to Portland | — |
| Bristol Head Campground | 17 | Fee | South Clear Creek (river) | 10 mi to Sunnyside | — |
| Bristol Head | 17 | Fee | — | 12 mi to City of Creede | — |
| Lost Trail | 18 | Fee | Rio Grande (river) | 14 mi to Middleton | — |
| Ouray CountyDave slept here | 18 | Free | Mineral Creek (river) | 3.7 mi to Ironton | — |
| Crooked Creek Dispersed Area | 18 | Free | — | 14 mi to City of Creede | — |
| Cebolla Creek CG | 18 | Unpriced | Rudolph Gulch (stream) | 1.0 mi to Smith Place | — |
| BLM Dispersed Camping | 18 | Free | Animas River (river) | 0.1 mi to Middleton | — |
| Amphitheatre Campground | 19 | Fee | Portland Creek (stream) | 0.5 mi to Ouray | — |
| Silver Jack | 19 | Fee | — | 13 mi to Ridgway | — |
| Silver Jack Campground | 19 | Fee | Hanging Lake (water) | 12 mi to Dallas | — |
| Road Canyon Campground | 19 | Unpriced | Road Canyon Reservoir Number 2 (water) | 13 mi to Spar City | — |
| Beaver Lake Camground | 20 | Free | Beaver Lake (water) | 12 mi to Dallas | — |
| Corkscrew | 20 | Free | — | 6.1 mi to Ouray | — |
| River Hill Campground | 21 | Fee | Rio Grande (river) | 14 mi to Spar City | — |
| Thirty Mile Campground | 21 | Fee | Rio Grande (river) | 16 mi to Spar City | — |
| Big Cimarron | 21 | Free | Beaver Lake (water) | 12 mi to Dallas | — |
| 30 Mile Stock Unloading Area | 21 | Free | Rio Grande (river) | 16 mi to Spar City | — |
| Thirty Mile Campground | 21 | Fee | — | — | — |
| Angel Creek | 21 | Fee | — | 2.1 mi to Ouray | — |
| Dispersed Camping Area | 21 | Free | Red Mountain Creek (river) | 0.7 mi to Ironton | — |
| Cunningham Gulch Dispersed Camping | 21 | Free | Cunningham Creek (river) | 2.8 mi to Howardsville | — |
| Thistledown Campground | 21 | Unpriced | Canyon Creek (river) | 0.1 mi to Thistledown | — |
| Red Bridge Campground | 21 | Unpriced | — | — | — |
| Cunningham Gulch Dispersed Camping | 22 | Free | Cunningham Creek (river) | 3.1 mi to Howardsville | — |
| Cunningham Gulch Dispersed Camping | 22 | Free | — | — | — |
| Dispersed camp site | 22 | Free | Red Mountain Creek (river) | 1.4 mi to Ironton | — |
| Marshall Park Campground | 24 | Unpriced | Rio Grande (river) | 4.0 mi to Sunnyside | — |
| Rio Grande Campground | 24 | Unpriced | Rio Grande (river) | 4.5 mi to Spar City | — |
Who manages the camps near Lake, CO
Who manages them: 34 on the Forest Service; 7 on the BLM; 6 on an agency our record does not name.
- Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests — 25 camps: 16 free, 5 fee, 4 unpriced
- Rio Grande National Forest — 13 camps: 2 free, 7 fee, 4 unpriced
- Gunnison Field Office — 7 camps: 4 free, 3 unpriced
- An agency our record does not name — 2 camps: 2 free
Season read for these camps, today
Our record has no season word for any of these 47 camps today. Call the managing office before you go.
Forecast near Lake, 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 Lake, 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.