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Camping & Cabins

Campgrounds

The Rio Grande National Forest (RGNF) has 33 campgrounds with over 651 individual sites. The majority of the campgrounds are operated by a private concessionaire that is permitted by the RGNF. Some campgrounds have on-site hosts. While electric, sewer, and water hook-ups and showers are not available, most campgrounds have potable water and vault toilets. Eight of the campgrounds have sites that can be reserved. Reservations are recommended for holiday weekends. Many campgrounds have first-come, first-served sites. Visit the campground to see if any sites are available. If a site is not occupied you may camp and pay any applicable fees. If there are no open sites, you will need to visit another campground.

Cabin Rentals

The RGNF also offers eleven rental cabins ranging from refurbished guard stations to historic log cabins located in remote areas. All cabins are available by reservation only. 

Reservations

For cabin and campground reservations, please call Recreation.gov at 1- 877-444-6777 or visit them online at  http://www.recreation.gov. 

Each reservation will have a fee added to the total cost.

Locate a Cabin or Campground

Type "cabin" or "campground" in the search tool below to find your destination. 

Dispersed Camping

Several people sit outside of a camper with a canopy and lights around the top of it.

Often referred to as "boondocking," dispersed camping is camping outside of developed campgrounds on the Rio Grande National Forest. There is no fee to dispersed camp. Sites are not maintained, tracked, or reservable.

Dispersed Camping

Campground Camping

The brown and tan Silver Thread campground sign stands in a grassy area with a pole fence behind it.

The Forest has 33 campgrounds with over 650 individual sites. The majority of the campgrounds are operated by a private concessionaire operator that is permitted by the Forest.

Campground Camping
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Spectacle Lake Campground
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There is fishing access to the Conejos River and Spectacle Lake. The lake is year round, with winter ice-fishing. Two sites have parking for two car groups. Both day and overnight use is permitted.…

Stone Cellar Campground
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The campground offers 6 campsites located in the wide-open fields of Saguache Park, offering spectacular views of the La Garita Mountains.  There is one restroom and each campsite has a fire ring…

Stone Cellar Guard Station Cabin
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Stone Cellar Guard Station is a remote cabin located just outside the boundary to the La Garita Wilderness area in Saguache Park, an enormous and breathtaking intermountain grassland. The cabin…

Storm King Campground
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The campground is situated at the base of Storm King Mountain (elevation 10,849). It lies in an Aspen glen amidst rolling and rocky hills on the Middle Fork of Carnero Creek. There are 6 campsites…

Stunner Campground
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Stunner campground sits at 9700-foot in elevation beside the Alamosa River, two miles below the top of Stunner Pass. There are 5 campsites with tables, fire pits, a vault-type toilet, and adequate…

Thirty Mile Campground
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Thirty Mile Campground is nestled on the banks of the Rio Grande, just a short mile from the Rio Grande Reservoir. The campground is located in a wooded meadow situated between the Rio Grande and…

Trujillo Meadows Campground
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This campground is adjacent to a meadow and above Trujillo Meadows Reservoir. It is composed of two sections - Upper and Lower. Sites 34 through 39 are in an inner loop which are not RV…

Tucker Ponds Campground
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Tucker Ponds is a high-altitude campground (9,600 feet) with a single loop offering 15 sites tucked into a grove of spruce trees adjoining an open grassy meadow. Many of the mature spruce trees…

Upper Beaver Creek Campground
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The campground has 14 sites in two sections laid out under ponderosa pines. Parking on several sites is side-by-side providing little privacy between sites. The nearby Beaver Creek Reservoir features…

Upper Crossing Guard Station Cabin
Site Open
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Upper Crossing Guard Station offers visitors relaxing solitude in a secluded setting but is situated near a paved highway and offers numerous modern amenities, such as: running water, heated water,…
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