Free camping near Mount Crested Butte, CO
Yes. 25 of the 57 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Mount Crested Butte, CO are listed as free; 24 charge a fee and 8 have no price on record. The closest free one is Brush Creek Designated Camping Area, 3.5 miles southeast, on U.S. Forest Service land.
The 50 nearest camps to Mount Crested Butte, CO
| 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 | Open |
| 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.
Who manages the camps near Mount Crested Butte, CO
Who manages them: 50 on the Forest Service; 7 on an agency our record does not name.
- Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests — 38 camps: 17 free, 13 fee, 8 unpriced
- White River National Forest — 19 camps: 8 free, 11 fee
Season read for these camps, today
Today's season read covers 1 of the 57: 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 Mount 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 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.