Dispersed Camping

Dispersed Camping Areas

• Grand Mesa

  Largest flat top mountain in the world.

  Fish Your National Forests: This site can be accessed by Passenger Car; Fish available include: Trout; Types of fishing available include: Wade, Motorized boat, Float tube, Fly, Ice; ADA Accessible fishing access with fishing pier and boat launch

• Twin Lake Dispersed Area - Grand Valley RD
• Gunnison

  Recreation sites within the Gunnison Geographic area

• Commissary Trailhead
• Needle Creek Reservoir Camping Area
• Soap Creek

  Various recreation sites in the Soap Creek Area

• Soap Creek Corral / Coal Mesa Horse Camp
• North Fork Valley - Paonia District

  This area is around the North Fork of the Gunnison River.  

• Dark Canyon Trailhead (Dispersed)
• Horse Ranch Park (Dispersed)-Paonia RD
• Overland Reservoir (Dispersed)-Paonia RD
• Throughline/Coal Creek TH (Dispersed)-Paonia RD
• 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.

• Little Cimarron East #246
• Spalding Park Trail #237
• Alta Lakes Campground (Designated) - Norwood RD
• Eider #417
• Mary E Campground - Norwood RD
• Priest Lake Designated Camping Area - Norwood RD
• 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.