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Grand Mesa Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests

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Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest
2250 Highway 50
Delta, Colorado 81416
(970) 874-6600

Day Hiking

The Forest maintains over 3,500 miles of summer trails. Many hikers can enjoy a day hike begining right from their campground.

Day Hiking Areas

Grand Mesa
Largest flat top mountain in the world.
Campgrounds - Grand Mesa Area
Campgrounds in the Grand Mesa Area
Cobbett Campground
Cottonwood Lake Campground
Crag Crest Campground
Island Lake Campground
Jumbo Campground
Little Bear Campground
Spruce Grove Campground
Other Sites - Grand Mesa Area
Recreation sites other than campgrounds and trails on the Grand Mesa.
Black Bear Cabin
Carson Lake Recreation Area
Fruita Reservoir #1 Day Use Area
Grand Mesa Visitor Center
Island Lake Boat Launch
Mesa Lakes Picnic Site
Moose Manor Cabin
Raber Cow Camp
Twin Lake Dispersed Area
Vela Reservoir Boating Site
Youngs Creek Reservoir #3 Boating Site
Trails - Grand Mesa Area
Trails on Grand Mesa
Aqueduct Trail #753
Baron Lake Trail #751
Battlement Trail #527
Beaver Ponds Trail #516
Black Pine Trail #647
Blue Grouse Trail #722
Blue Lake Trail #707.1A
Bonham Trail #512
Boundary Cutoff Trail #526
Boundary Trail #525
Brush Creek Trail #529
Bull Basin Trail #507
Burn Trail #522
Buzzard Park Trail #519
Buzzard Trail #536
Carpenter Trail #510
Carson Lake Trail #728
Cedar Mesa Trail #718
Coal Creek Basin Trail #703
Coal Creek Trail #702
Cobbett Lake Trail #746
Cottonwood Trail #712
Crag Crest East Trailhead
Crag Crest Loop Trail #711.1A
Crag Crest Trail #711
Crag Crest West Trailhead
Crag To Cobbett Trail
Crum Reservoir Trail #511
Current Creek Trail #710
Deep Creek Cutoff Trail #709.1
Divide Trail #523
Drop Off Trail #726
East Brush Creek Trail #504
East Leon Trail #730
Elk Park Trail #720
Ella Trail #732
Eureka Cutoff Trail #734.1A
Eureka Trail #734
Farmers Trail #727
Green Mountain Trail #719
Greenwood Trail #721
Hay Press Trailhead
High Trail #515
Hightower Trail #524
Indian Point Cutoff Trail #708
Indian Point Trail #715
Island Lake Trail #748
Kannah Creek Trail #706
Kimball Creek Trail #532
Lake Of The Woods Trail #506
Land O' Lakes Trail #713
Last Chance Trail #731
Lily Lake Trail #509
Lost Lake Trail #502
Mesa Lake Shore Trail #503
Mesa Top Trailhead
Monument Trail #518
Owens Loop Trail #539
Point Camp Trail #725
Porter Cutoff Trail #535
Porter Mountain Trail #534
Power Line Trail #520
Reynolds Trail #733
Salt Creek Trail #514
Silver Spruce Trail #517
Skimmed Milk Trail #754
Spring Camp Trail #707
Switchback Trail #705
Triangle Stomp Trail #736
Two Peak Trail #521
Ward Creek Winter Trailhead
West Bench Trail #501
West Bench Trailhead
West Salt Creek Trail #513
Whitewater Basin Trail #700
Wild Rose Trailhead
Willow Trail #755
Gunnison
Recreation sites within the Gunnison Geographic area
Crested Butte
CB camping
Trails - Crested Butte Area
Trails near Crested Butte
Bear Creek Trail #415
Beaver Slide Trail #580
Bellview Trail #598
Block and Tackle Trail #545
Bowman Creek Trail #570
Brush Creek Trail #400
Canal Trail #408
Carbon Trail #436
Cement Creek Trail #612
Cement Mountain Trail #553
Conundrum Trail #981
Copper Creek Trail #983
Crested Butte Mountain Summit Trail #605
Crystal Peak Trail #583
Cumberland Basin Trail #579
Daisy Pass Peeler Trail #404.5A
Daisy Pass Trail #404
Deadman Gulch Trail #420
Deer Creek Trail #568
Doubletop Trail #405
Doubletop Walrod Spur Trail #405.2A
Doubletop Waterfall Spur Trail #405.3A
Farris Creek Bypass Trail #409.5A
Farris Creek Trail #409
Flag Creek Trail #422
Grassy Trail #562
Green Lake Trail #566
Horse Basin Trail #471
Hunters Creek Trail #410
Hunters Hill Trail #410.0A
Kebler Wagon Trail #606
Lily Pond Trail #534
Lower Copper Lake Trailhead
Mount Tilton Spur Trail #582.1A
Mount Tilton Trail #582
Oh-Be-Joyful Pass Trail #835
Oh-Be-Joyful Trail #836
Ptarmigan Lake Trail #594
Reno Ridge Trail #607
Ridge 70 Trail #419
Roaring Judy Trail #552
Rosebud Trail #423
Rustler Gulch Trail #599
Scarp Trail #421
Snodgrass Trail #590
Spring Creek Pass Trailhead
Star Trail #411
Strand Bonus Trail #407
Strand Hill Trail #556
Swampy Trail (#439)
Taylor Divide Trail #440
Teocalli Mountain Trail #554
Teocalli Ridge Trail #557
Tony's Trail #603
Trail Riders Trail #401
Twin Lakes Spur Trail #402.1A
Twin Lakes Trail #402
Upper Loop Trail #435
Upper Upper Loop Trail #435.1A
Walrod Gulch Cutoff Trail #418
Walrod Gulch Trail #412
Warm Springs Trail #406
Washington Gulch Trail #403
Waterfall Creek Trail #555
Whetstone Vista Trail #602
Yule Pass Trail #576
Gunnison - Southeast
Trails that are located east of Lake City and South of US 50
Trails - Gunnison Southeast
Southeast portion of the Gunnison Ranger District
Agate Creek Trail (#484)
Agate Spur Trail (#484.2A)
Baldy Lake Trail (#491)
Basin View Trail (#618)
Big Bend Creek Trail (#488)
Corduroy-Lujon Trail (#499)
Dutchman Creek Trail (#490)
Hicks Gulch Trail (#492)
Left Hand Trail (#495)
Lime Creek Trail (#485)
Long Branch Trail (#489)
Middle Barrett Creek Trail (#494)
Middle Razor Trail (#501)
Milk Creek Trail (#474)
Quakey Mountain Trail (#537)
Razor Creek Trail (#487)
Right Hand Trail (#493)
Summit Trail (#486)
Tank Seven Creek Trail (#480)
Upper Razor Spur Trail #487.5A
Lake City
Southern part of Gunnison Ranger District
Trails - Lake City Area
Trails south of Gunnison near Lake City
Bonholder Trail (#467)
Brush Creek Trail (#457)
Calf Creek Plateau Trail (#458)
Camp Trail (#476)
Cannibal Plateau Trail (#464)
Canyon Infierno Trail (#461)
Cascade Creek Trail (#468)
Cataract Creek Trail (#475)
Cebolla Trail (#459)
Crystal Lake Trail #235
Crystal Larson Trailhead
Cuba Gulch Trail (#477)
Deer Lakes Cutoff Trail (#458.0A)
Devils Canyon Trail (#469)
East Mineral Creek Trail (#593)
El Paso Creek Trail #238
Independence Bypass Trail #234.1A
Independence Gulch Trail #234
Larsen Lakes Trail #236
Little Elk Trail #244
Machin Basin Trail (#784)
Matterhorn Cutoff Trail #245
Mineral Creek Trail (#466)
Miners Creek Trail (#785)
Nellie Creek Trailhead
North Calf Creek Trail (#460)
Powderhorn Park Trail (#462)
Ridge Stock Driveway Trail #233
Rough Creek Trail (#463)
Saddle Trail #140
Skyline Trail #465
Snow Mesa Trail (#787)
Stewart Creek Trail (#470)
Tumble Creek Trailhead
Uncompahgre Peak Trail #239
Wetterhorn Peak Trail #256
Williams Creek Trail (#240)
Alpine Tunnel Historic District
Pitkin
Camping east of Gunnison near Pitkin
Trails - Pitkin Area
Trails east of Gunnison near Pitkin
Alder Creek Trail #577
Alpine Tunnel Trail #539
Bear Gulch Trail #610
Beaver Cow Trail #608
Beaver-McIntyre Trail #472
Brown's Pass Trail #369
Cameron Gulch Trail #549
Canyon Creek Trail (#481)
Crest Trail (#531)
East Willow Trail #609
Fairview Peak Trail (#426.1A)
Fairview Trail (#426)
Fossil Ridge Trail (#478)
Garden Basin Trailhead
Gold Creek Trail (#427)
Henry Lake Trail #429
Horseshoe Trail (#482)
Kroenke Lake Trail #448
Lake Ann Trail #592
Magdalene Trail #542
McIntyre Gulch Trail #578
Mill Lake Trail (#532)
Monarch New
Monarch Trailhead
Napoleon Pass Trail #540
North Gulch Trail (#502)
Red Mountain Creek Trail #543
Sanford Creek Trail #584
South Illinois Trail #414.1A
South Lottis Trail (#428)
South Quartz Trail (#483)
South Texas Trail #417
Summerville Trail #430
Texas Creek Trail #416
Texas Lakes Trail #589
Texas Ridge Trail #571
Threemile Creek Trail #434
Timber Trail #613
Timberline Trail #414
Waunita Trail (#497)
Willow Creek Trail (#479)
Willow Mine Trail #611
Soap Creek
Various recreation sites in the Ssoap Creek Area
Trails - Soap Creek Area
Trails west of Gunnison near Soap Creek area
Beaver Creek Trail #464
Coal Mesa Trail #451
Costo Lake Trail #425
Cow Creek Trail #453
East Curecanti Trail #454
East Soap Trail #535
Lion Gulch Trail #536
Little Mill Trail #455
Little Pass Creek Trail #563
Lowline Trail (#438)
Mill Castle Trail #450
Rainbow Lake Trail #449
Sheep Lake Trail #551
Soap Basin Trail #442
Soap Creek Trail #443
Sun Park Trail #444
Swampy Pass Trailhead
Zigzag Trail #601
Taylor Park-Taylor Canyon
This area includes all campgrounds, trails and recreation sites in the Taylor Park vicinity. The closest town is Almont.
Trails - Taylor Park Area
Trails in the Taylor Park-Taylor Canyon area
Cougar Canyon Trail #614
Doctor Park Trail #424
Eddiesville South Trailhead
Harmels Point Trail #616
Moonlight Trail #615
Taylor River Trail #600
Taylor Vista Trail #619
North Fork Valley - Paonia District
This area is around the North Fork of the Gunnison River.
Campgrounds - North Fork Area
Campgrounds located in the North Fork of the Gunnison area , located on the Paonia District.
Erickson Springs Campground
Lost Lake Campground
Horse Ranch Park
Overland Reservoir
Throughline Trailhead
Trails - North Fork Area
Trails located in the North Fork of the Gunnison area , located on the Paonia District.
Bald Mountain Tie-in Trail #882
Beckwith Pass Trail #842
Buck Mesa Trail #804
Castle Pass Trail #441
Clear Fork Trail #810
Cliff Creek Trail #840
Cliff Creek Trailhead
Coal Basin Trail #859
Crater Lake Trail #800
Curecanti Trail #870
Dark Canyon Trail #830
Dark Canyon Trailhead
Dark Canyon/Munsey Tie-in Trail #830A
Drift Creek Trail #815
Dyer Connection Trail #886
Dyer Creek Trail #888
Dyke Creek Trail #837
Dyke Trail #838
Elk Basin Trail #854
Elk Park Trail #800A
Gooseberry Trail #814
Hoodoo Gap Trail #877
Hubbard Canyon Trail (#704)
Inter Ocean Pass Trail #890
Jones Creek Trail #812
Kaufman Creek Trail #852
Lamborn Trail #894
Little Elk Basin Trail #892
Little Robinson Trail #850
Lone Cabin Trail #876
Lone Pine Trail #862
Mendicant Ridge Trail (#884)
Mosley Ridge Trail #851
Mount Lamborn Trail #895
Munsey Ruby Stock Driveway Trail #831
Navajo Ridge Trail #857
North Anthracite Trail #832
Peter Creek Trail #856
Piburn Trail #880
Raggeds Tie-in Trail #823
Raggeds Trail #820
Robinson Creek Trail #854A
Ruby Anthracite Trail #836
Sheep Lake Cutoff Trail #855
Sheep Lake Trail #848
Silver Basin Trail #834
Sink Creek Trail #861
South Dyer Trail #714
Spud Pass Trail #824
Swampy Pass Trail (#439)
Terror Trail #802
Thousand Acre Flat Trail #806
Three Lakes Trail #843
Through Line Trail #860
Through Line/Coal Creek Trailhead
Trail Creek Trail #872
West Dyer Trail #885
San Juan Mountains
This area includes the portion of the San Juan Mountains that are on the Norwood and Ouray Districts of the Uncompahgre National Forest. This area is also known as the Mountain Division.
Cimarron Area
Cimarron area of the San Juan Mountains (Ouray District)
Campgrounds - Cimarron Area
Campgrounds in the Cimarron area of the San Juan Mountains (Ouray District).
Beaver Lake Campground
Big Cimarron Campground
Other Sites - Cimarron Area
Sites other than campgrounds and trails in the Cimarron area of the San Juan Mountains.
Jackson Guard Station
Silver Jack Fisherman Access
Silver Jack Picnic Site
Trails - Cimarron Area
Trails in the Cimarron area of the San Juan Mountains.
Alpine Trail #225
Alpine/Little Cimarron Trailhead
Big Park Trail #234
Clear Lake Trail #247
Clear Lake/Rowdy Lake Trailhead
Courthouse Mountain Trail #144
Courthouse Trail #218
Cow Creek Trail #220
Cowboy Lake Trail #244
Coxcomb Trail #132
Deer Creek Trail #223
East Fork Trail #228
Failes Creek Trail #230
Fall Creek Trail #231
Firebox Trail #245
Fish Creek Reservoir Trail #224
Fox Creek Trail #249
Hampton Lake Trail #224.1A
High Mesa Trail #133
Jackson Guard Station Trail #225.1A
Little Cimarron East Trail #246
Little Cimarron Trail #229
Lou Creek Trail #222
Matterhorn Trail #135
Middle Fork Trail #227
Nate Creek Trail #221
Old Owl Creek Spur A Trail #236.1A
Old Owl Creek Spur B Trail #236.1B
Old Owl Creek Trail #236
Owl Creek Vista Trailhead
Porphyry Basin Trail #243
Ridge Trail #221.1B
Salt House Trail #252
Sheep Mountain Trail #253
Silver Jack Shoreline Trail #129
Spruce Trail #221.1A
Stealey Mountain North Trail #219
Stealey Mountain South Trail #258
Stealey Mountain Spur Trail #219.1B
Upper East Fork Trail #142
West Fork Trail #240
Wetterhorn Basin Trail #226
Ouray Area
Ouray Area of the San Juan Mountains (Ouray District).
Campgrounds - Ouray Area
Campgrounds located in the vicinity of Ouray on the Ouary District.
Amphitheatre Campground
Angel Creek Campground
Thistledown Campground
Trails - Ouray Area
Trails located in Ouay area of the San Juan Mountains (Ouray District).
Alpine Mine Trail #152
Baldy Peak Trail #216.1A
Baldy Trail #216
Bear Creek - South Fork Trail #242
Bear Creek National Recreation Trail #241
Bear Creek Trail #241.1A
Bear Creek Trailhead
Blaine Basin Trail #203
Blue Lake Trail #638
Blue Lakes Trail #201
Box Factory Trail #200.1B
Cobb's Gulch Trail #211
Cobbs Gulch Trail #211
Corbett Canyon Trail #256
Corbett Short Cut Trail #257
Corbett Trail #209
Cutler Creek Trail #217
Dallas Trail #200
Dexter Creek Trail #205
Difficulty Creek Trail #214
Gray Copper Gulch Trail #148
Hayden Trail #210
Horsethief Trail #215
Left Fork Cutler Creek Trail #235
Middle Canyon Trail #136
Moonshine Trail #200.1A
Mount Sneffels Trail #204
Oak Creek Trail #207
Okeson Trail #137
Portland Mine Trail #238.1A
Portland Trail #238
Richmond Trail #250
Shortcut Trail #138
Silvershield Trail #199
Storm Gulch Trail #212
Sutton Mine Trail #197
Twin Peaks Trail #208
Upper Cascade Falls Trail #213
Weehawken Trail #206
Wilson Creek Trail #202
Winchester Gulch Trail #216.1B
Wrights Lake Trail #201.1A
Telluride Area
Telluride area of the San Juan Mountains (Norwood District).
Campgrounds - Telluride Area
Campgrounds in the Telluride area of the San Juan Mountains (Norwood District). Map of campground locations.
Alta Lakes Campground (Dispersed)
Matterhorn Campground
Priest Lake Dispersed Camping Area
Woods Lake Campground
Other Sites - Telluride Area
Sites other than campgrounds and trails in the Telluride area of the San Juan Mountains (Norwood District).
Bear Creek Falls
Lone Cone Peak
Trails - Telluride Area
Trails located in the Telluride area of the San Juan Mountains (Norwood District). Telluride trails brochure.
Alder Creek Trail #510
Blixt Trail #508.1A
Bridal Veil Trail #636
Camel's Garden Trail #633
Charlie Fowler Trail #427
Deep Creek Trail #418
East Fork Bear Creek Trail #513
Eider Trail #417
Elk Creek Trail #407
Galloping Goose Trail #499
Goat Creek Trail #641
Gurley Ditch Trail #611.1A
Hope Lake Trail #410
Hughes Ditch Trail #422.1A
Iron Mountain Trail #418.1C
Jud Wiebe Trail #432
Liberty Bell Trail #870
Lizard Head Trail #505
Lone Cone Trail #426
Morningstar Trail #409
Nature Trail #411
Old Wilson Mesa Trail #423
Prospect Trail #413
Ridge Trail #433
Rock Of Ages Trail #429
See Forever Trail #415
Sheridan Crosscut Trail #871
Sneffels Highline Trail #434
Sunshine Trail #498
Swamp Canyon Trail #634
Telluride Trail #631
Telluride Valley Floor Trail #431
Village Trail #416
Wasatch Connection Trail #508.1B
Wasatch Trail #508
Whipple Mountain Trail #419
Wilson Meadows Trail #512
Wilson Mesa Trail #421
Woods Lake Shoreline Trail #426.1A
Woods Lake Trail #406
Uncompahgre Plateau
This area includes the Uncompahgre Plateau area of Norwood, Ouray, and Grand Valley Districts on the Uncompahgre National Forest. It is also know as the Plateau Division.
Other Sites - Uncompahgre Plateau Area
Other Sites on the Uncompahgre Plateau.
Aspen Leaf Cabin
Oak Cabin
Ponderosa Cabin - Not available in 2011
Silesca Guard Station
Winter Camp Trail #645
Trails - Uncompahgre Plateau Area
Trails on the Uncompahgre Plateau
41 Trail #145
47 Trail #403
Ashley Trail #147
Aspen Trail #125
Atkinson Bench Trail #623
Atkinson Trail #624
Bad Land Trail #635
Basin Trail #603
Bear Pen Gulch Trail #124
Bear Pen Spur 1b Trail #124.1B
Beaver Dam Trail #627
Ben Lowe Trail #109
Big Creek Cutoff Trail #637
Big Creek Scout Trail #638
Big Creek Trail #656
Big Johnson Trail #622
Bittle Loop Trail #669
Black Point Trail #613
Blue Creek Trail #620
Buck Connector Trail #149.1A
Buck Spur Trail $149.1B
Buck Trail #149
Bucktail Creek Spur Trail #659.1A
Bucktail Creek Trail #659
Bunch Ground Trail #634
Cabin Bench Area Trail #104
Cabin Trail #606
Carson Hole Trail #610
Clear Creek Trail #516
Coal Bank Trail #112
Corral Fork Trail #652
Corral Gulch Trail #658
Cottonwood Trail #103
Cow Creek Trail #611
Dented Door Trail #248
Dinosaur Quarry Trailhead
Divide Forks Cutoff Trail #639
Dominguez Cutoff Trail #629
Dry Creek Spur 1a Trail #114.1A
Dry Creek Trail #114
E Fork Dry Creek Trail #114.1B
East Basin Trail #106
East Bull Spur Trail #155.1A
East Bull Trail #155
East McKee Divide Trail #597
East Spring Creek No.1 Trail #123
East Unaweep Trail #612
Forest Fence Trail #128
Forty Seven Trail #100
Franks Bench Trail #632
Gill ATV Trail #666
Gill Creek Trail #602
Hornet Spur Trail #131.1A
Hornet Trail #131
Horsefly Trail #121
Horseshoe Basin Trail #107
Hungry Gulch Trail #655
Indian Trail #500
Kelso Mesa Trail #614
La Fair Trail #668
Leonards Ridge Trail #643
Little Bear Lake Trail #660
Little Creek Trail #655
Little Dolores Trail #648
Little Johnson Trail #617
Long Canyon Trail #621
Long Point Trail #628
Love Mesa Bench Trail #101
Lower Bench Trail #650
Lower Spring Creek Trail #616.1C
Mailbox Cutoff Trail #630
Mailbox Trail #619
Massey Branch Trail #618
Middle Fork Bear Canyon Trail #654
Middle Fork Escalante Trail #631
Moore Mesa Trail #146
Mud Holes Trail #670
North Bench Trail #633
North Fork Bear Canyon Trail #653
North Kelso Trail #626.1A
Old Roubideau Trail #105
Old Transfer Bike Trail #251
Old Transfer Trail #110
Paradox Trail #126
Paradox Trail #502
Parallel Trail #139
Payne Mesa Trail #134
Picket Corral Spur Trail #102.1A
Picket Corral Trail #102
Pool Creek Trail #113
Powerline Trail #541
Red Canyon Trail #118
Reservoir - 1 Trail # 663
Ridge Trail #646
Rim Trail #122
Roatcap Trail #121
Rocky Pitch Loop Trail #664
Roubideau Pack Trail #544
Roundabout Trail #119
Short Point Bench Trail #651
Short Point Cutoff Trail #651.1A
Short Point Trail #615
Simms Mesa Interpretive Loop Trail #115.1A
Simms Mesa Spur Trail #115.1B
Simms Mesa Trail #115
Smith Point Trail #636
Snowshoe Trail #607
South Bear Pen Gulch Trail #124.1A
South Bench Trail #626
Spring Creek Spur A Trail #116.1A
Spring Creek Spur B Trail #116.1B
Spring Creek Trail #116
Spring Creek Trail #616
Tabeguache (25 Mesa) Trail #544.1A
Tabeguache (Cushman) Trail #255
Telephone Trail #657
Traver Mesa Trail #111
Traver Trail #119
Turkey Flats Trail #661
Unaweep Trail (#601)
Upper Bench Trail #625
Ute Creek Cutoff Trail #659
Ute Creek Trail #608
Wildcat Trail #640
ZK Spring Trail #124

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