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Camping in Gunnison National Forest

Gunnison National Forest is a National Forest, where dispersed camping is usually allowed outside developed sites unless posted otherwise. On Birds Of Passage it has 3 free camp spots, 31 paid or permit campgrounds, 2 more where the fee isn't confirmed.

Camp spots

• Horse Ranch Park (Dispersed)-Paonia RDFree camping
• Needle Creek Reservoir Camping AreaFree camping
• Soap Creek Corral / Coal Mesa Horse CampFree camping
• AlmontPaid or permit campsite
• Cement CreekPaid or permit campsite
• Cold Spring (CO)Paid or permit campsite
• Deer Lakes (CO)Paid or permit campsite
• Dinner StationPaid or permit campsite
• Erickson SpringsPaid or permit campsite
• GothicPaid or permit campsite
• Granite Tent Campground - Gunnison RDPaid or permit campsite
• Hidden Valley Tent Campground- Gunnison RDPaid or permit campsite
• Lake IrwinPaid or permit campsite
• Lakeview GunnisonPaid or permit campsite
• Lodgepole (Taylor River Canyon near Gunnison, Colorado)Paid or permit campsite
• Lost Lake Campground-Paonia RDPaid or permit campsite
• Lottis Creek CampgroundPaid or permit campsite
• McClure Campground - Paonia RDPaid or permit campsite
• Middle Quartz Campground - Gunnison RDPaid or permit campsite
• Mirror Lake Campground - Gunnison RDPaid or permit campsite
• MoscaPaid or permit campsite
• North Bank (CO)Paid or permit campsite
• North Bank Campground - Gunnison RDPaid or permit campsite
• One MilePaid or permit campsite
• PitkinPaid or permit campsite
• Ponderosa Campground (CO)Paid or permit campsite
• QuartzPaid or permit campsite
• Rivers EndPaid or permit campsite
• Rosy LanePaid or permit campsite
• SnowblindPaid or permit campsite
• Soap CreekPaid or permit campsite
• Spring Creek (CO)Paid or permit campsite
• Spruce Campground - Gunnison RDPaid or permit campsite
• Williams Creek (CO)Paid or permit campsite
• Dorchester Campground - Gunnison RDFree or paid (not confirmed)
• Gold Creek Campground - Gunnison RDFree or paid (not confirmed)

Fees, seasons and closures change. Check with the managing agency before you go. Official data: Recreation.gov, USDA Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Recreation Sites and Trails BC.

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