Free camping near Poncha Springs, CO
Yes. 5 of the 26 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Poncha Springs, CO are listed as free; 15 charge a fee and 6 have no price on record. The closest free one is BLM dispersed camp — Chaffee County, CO, 5.0 miles east, on Bureau of Land Management land. The closest camp of any kind is Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area, 4.5 miles east, with no price on record.
Dave has slept at one of these camps.
All 26 camps near Poncha Springs, CO
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area | 4.5 | Unpriced | — | 0.6 mi to Salida | — |
| BLM dispersed camp — Chaffee County, CO | 5.0 | Free | South Arkansas River (river) | 1.8 mi to Salida | — |
| Browns Canyon National Monument | 6.3 | Unpriced | Sunnyside Park Ditch (stream) | 4.3 mi to Turret | — |
| Marshall Pass Dispersed Campground | 7.5 | Free | Grays Creek (stream) | 7.0 mi to Poncha Springs | — |
| Chaffee CountyDave slept here | 7.6 | Free | — | 5.0 mi to Maysville | — |
| O'Haver Lake | 7.6 | Fee | — | 7.6 mi to Poncha Springs | — |
| Poncha Pass Dispersed Campground | 7.9 | Free | — | 7.4 mi to Poncha Springs | — |
| Silver Creek Dispersed Campground | 8.6 | Free | Silver Creek (stream) | 7.6 mi to Bonanza | — |
| Angel of Shavano Campground | 9.1 | Fee | North Fork South Arkansas River (stream) | 3.5 mi to Maysville | — |
| Monarch Park | 14 | Fee | — | 2.9 mi to Garfield | — |
| North Fork Reservoir | 15 | Fee | — | 4.6 mi to Garfield | — |
| Bootleg | 15 | Fee | — | 6.8 mi to Nathrop | — |
| Mt. Princeton | 16 | Fee | — | 8.4 mi to Nathrop | — |
| Chalk Lake | 16 | Fee | — | 8.8 mi to Nathrop | — |
| Cascade | 16 | Fee | — | 9.5 mi to Nathrop | — |
| Snowblind Campground | 19 | Unpriced | Canyon Creek (stream) | 1.9 mi to Whitepine | — |
| Hayden Creek | 19 | Fee | — | 1.9 mi to Coaldale | — |
| Iron City | 19 | Fee | — | 11 mi to Garfield | — |
| Coaldale | 19 | Fee | — | 1.5 mi to Coaldale | — |
| Middle Quartz Creek Campground | 20 | Unpriced | Middle Quartz Creek (stream) | 5.0 mi to Pitkin | — |
| Cottonwood Lake | 22 | Fee | — | 8.8 mi to Buena Vista | — |
| Quartz Creek Campground | 23 | Unpriced | North Quartz Creek (stream) | 3.3 mi to Pitkin | — |
| Pitkin Campground | 24 | Fee | Middle Quartz Creek (stream) | 0.9 mi to Pitkin | — |
| Collegiate Peaks | 24 | Fee | — | 9.7 mi to Buena Vista | — |
| Pitkin | 24 | Fee | — | 0.7 mi to Pitkin | Open |
| Mirror Lake Campground | 25 | Unpriced | — | — | — |
Who manages the camps near Poncha Springs, CO
Who manages them: 19 on the Forest Service; 4 on an agency our record does not name; 3 on the BLM.
- Pike and San Isabel National Forests — 16 camps: 3 free, 13 fee
- Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests — 6 camps: 2 fee, 4 unpriced
- Royal Gorge Field Office — 3 camps: 1 free, 2 unpriced
- An agency our record does not name — 1 camp: 1 free
Season read for these camps, today
Today's season read covers 1 of the 26: 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 Poncha Springs, 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 Poncha Springs, 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.