Free camping near Mount Crested Butte, CO
Within 25 straight-line miles of Mount Crested Butte, CO there are 57 camps: 25 free, 24 fee, 8 unpriced. The closest is Brush Creek Designated Camping Area, 3.5 miles south-east of town. The closest one our audit calls free is Brush Creek Designated Camping Area, 3.5 miles out.
Who manages them: 50 on the Forest Service; 7 on an agency our record does not name.
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Creek Designated Camping Area | 3.5 | Free | Brush Creek (stream) | 3.9 mi to Mount Crested Butte | — |
| Washington Gulch Designated Camping Area | 3.6 | Free | Washington Gulch (stream) | 2.3 mi to Gothic | — |
| Tent City Designated Camping Area | 4.2 | Free | Brush Creek (stream) | 4.6 mi to Mount Crested Butte | — |
| West Brush Designated Camping Area | 4.3 | Free | Brush Creek (stream) | 4.8 mi to Mount Crested Butte | — |
| Farris Creek Designated Camping Area | 5.0 | Free | Farris Creek (stream) | 3.6 mi to Crested Butte South | — |
| Musicians Camp Designated Camping Area | 5.1 | Free | Slate River (stream) | 3.8 mi to Gothic | — |
| Gothic | 5.6 | Fee | — | 5.6 mi to Mount Crested Butte | — |
| Slate River Designated Camping Area | 6.3 | Free | Poverty Gulch (stream) | 3.8 mi to Gothic | — |
| Splains Gulch Designated Camping Area | 7.0 | Free | Coal Creek (stream) | 4.9 mi to Crested Butte | — |
| Gothic Designated Camping Area | 7.1 | Fee | — | 7.1 mi to Mount Crested Butte | — |
| Poverty Gulch Designated Camping Area | 7.2 | Free | — | 7.2 mi to Mount Crested Butte | — |
| Kebler Pass Designated Camping Area | 8.0 | Free | — | 6.2 mi to Crested Butte | — |
| Lower Cement Creek Camping CC 1-4 | 8.1 | Free | Cement Creek (stream) | 1.9 mi to Crested Butte South | — |
| Lake Irwin Campground | 8.1 | Fee | Lake Irwin (water) | 6.7 mi to Crested Butte | — |
| Walrod Designated Camping Area | 8.3 | Free | — | — | — |
| Cement Creek | 8.7 | Fee | — | 8.1 mi to Crested Butte | — |
| Pearl Pass Dispersed | 11 | Free | Castle Creek (stream) | 2.6 mi to Ashcroft | — |
| Lost Lake Campground | 14 | Unpriced | Lost Lake Slough (water) | 12 mi to Baldwin | — |
| Mosca Campground | 14 | Unpriced | Spring Creek (stream) | 10 mi to Crested Butte South | — |
| Spring Creek Campground | 15 | Unpriced | Browns Gulch (stream) | 7.2 mi to Almont | — |
| Silver Queen | 16 | Fee | — | 5.7 mi to Aspen | — |
| Granite Tent Campground | 16 | Unpriced | Onemile Creek (stream) | 6.0 mi to Almont | — |
| North Bank | 16 | Fee | — | 15 mi to Crested Butte | — |
| North Bank Campground | 16 | Unpriced | Onemile Creek (stream) | 6.5 mi to Almont | — |
| Dorchester Campground | 17 | Free | Italian Creek (stream) | 9.6 mi to Ashcroft | — |
| One Mile | 17 | Fee | — | 15 mi to Crested Butte | — |
| Dorchester | 17 | Free | Italian Creek (stream) | 9.5 mi to Ashcroft | — |
| Silver Bell | 17 | Fee | — | 4.8 mi to Aspen | — |
| Erickson Springs Campground | 17 | Unpriced | Anthracite Creek (stream) | 8.9 mi to Marble | — |
| Rosy Lane Campground | 17 | Unpriced | Onemile Creek (stream) | 7.0 mi to Almont | — |
| Silver Bar | 17 | Fee | — | 4.5 mi to Aspen | — |
| Dispersed camp — Gunnison County, CO | 18 | Free | South Castle Creek (stream) | 7.6 mi to Baldwin | — |
| Almont Camp Site | 18 | Fee | Fisher Gulch (stream) | 0.9 mi to Almont | — |
| Lodgepole Campground | 19 | Fee | Gooseberry Creek (stream) | 9.2 mi to Abbeyville | — |
| Difficult Gcg | 19 | Fee | — | 5.0 mi to Aspen | — |
| Weller Cg | 20 | Fee | — | 8.1 mi to Aspen | — |
| Cold Spring Campground | 20 | Unpriced | Gooseberry Creek (stream) | 8.2 mi to Abbeyville | — |
| Dinner Station Campground | 20 | Fee | Trail Creek (stream) | 9.5 mi to Winfield | — |
| Lottis Creek Campground | 20 | Fee | Lottis Creek (stream) | 7.2 mi to Abbeyville | — |
| Dinner Station | 20 | Fee | — | — | — |
| Lincoln Gulch Cg | 20 | Fee | — | 9.3 mi to Aspen | — |
| Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #6 | 20 | Free | Lincoln Creek (stream) | 7.4 mi to Ashcroft | — |
| Bogan Flats Group Campground | 20 | Fee | Chair Creek (stream) | 2.7 mi to Placita | — |
| Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #5 | 20 | Free | Lincoln Creek (stream) | 7.3 mi to Ashcroft | — |
| Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #7 | 20 | Free | Lincoln Creek (stream) | 7.4 mi to Ashcroft | — |
| Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #8 | 20 | Free | Lincoln Creek (stream) | 7.5 mi to Ashcroft | — |
| Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #1 | 20 | Free | Lincoln Creek (stream) | 7.3 mi to Ashcroft | — |
| Lincoln Creek dispersed campsite #4 | 20 | Free | Lincoln Creek (stream) | 7.3 mi to Ashcroft | — |
| Bogan Flats Cg | 21 | Fee | — | 4.0 mi to Marble | — |
| Bogan Flats Campground | 21 | Fee | Chair Creek (stream) | 2.2 mi to Placita | — |
The other 7 inside the circle are on the live map — open it centred on Mount Crested Butte, CO.
Every distance on this page is a straight line from Mount 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.