Camping near Crested Butte, Colorado

Camping near Crested Butte at a glance

Public campgrounds

3 (3 National Forest)

Getting a site

3 reservable

Cost

Lowest posted fee at Cement Creek: "Single Site: $18 per night"

Distance from Crested Butte

7 miles (Lake Irwin) to 8.1 miles (Cement Creek) in a straight line; 3 within 15 miles

Elevation

9,004 ft (Cement Creek) to 10,355 ft (Lake Irwin), 3 of 3 on record

Season

2 seasonal with posted dates

Campsites

44 across the 3 campgrounds that state a count

RVs

1 take RVs; no hookups on record; longest stated RV length 99 ft (Lake Irwin)

Drinking water

1 of 3

Distances are straight-line miles from Crested Butte's point in the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2025), not driving distances. Every other fact comes from each campground's own sourced record, linked from its page.

More campgrounds within 30 miles of Crested Butte

• Oh Be Joyful Campground, 4.4 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , BLM , reservable ; listed under camping near Gunnison.
• Lost Lake, 13 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $24 per vehicle); listed under camping near Paonia.
• Spring Creek, 14 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $18 per night); listed under camping near Almont.
• Mosca, 14 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $14 per night); listed under camping near Almont.
• Granite, 15 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $16 per night); listed under camping near Almont.
• North Bank, 15 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $18 per night); listed under camping near Almont.
• One Mile, 15 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site Non-Electric: $26 per night); listed under camping near Almont.
• Maroon Bells Amphitheatre, 16 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Standard nonelectric: $200 per night); listed under camping near Pitkin.
• Rosy Lane, 16 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $20-38 per night); listed under camping near Almont.
• Almont, 16 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $18 per night); listed under camping near Almont.
• Erickson Springs, 17 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $14 per night); listed under camping near Paonia.
• Dorchester, 18 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Almont.
• Lodgepole, 19 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $18 per night); listed under camping near Almont.
• Silver Queen, 19 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $15 per night); listed under camping near Aspen.
• Cold Spring, 19 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $14 per night); listed under camping near Almont.
• Silver Bell, 20 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $15 per night); listed under camping near Pitkin.
• Silver Bar, 20 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $15 per night); listed under camping near Aspen.
• Lottis Creek, 20 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site Non-Electric: $26 per night); listed under camping near Almont.
• Dinner Station, 21 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $18 per night); listed under camping near Almont.
• Lakeview, 22 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site Non-Electric: $26 per night); listed under camping near Almont.
• Bogan Flats Group, 22 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Overnight Use:); listed under camping near Gunnison.
• Lakeview Gunnison, 22 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable ; listed under camping near Gunnison.
• Bogan Flats Campground, 22 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $34 per night); listed under camping near Marble.
• Difficult Campground, 22 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $33 per night); listed under camping near Aspen.
• Difficult Gcg Group Campground, 22 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ; listed under camping near Pitkin.
• Rivers End, 22 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $18 per night); listed under camping near Almont.
• Weller Campground, 22 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $28 per night); listed under camping near Aspen.
• Lincoln Gulch Campground, 23 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $28 per night); listed under camping near Aspen.
• Lincoln Creek Dispersed, 23 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Aspen.
• Portal, 24 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Aspen.
• Mcclure, 25 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Paonia.
• Lost Man Campground, 26 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $28 per night); listed under camping near Aspen.
• Gold Creek, 26 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Pitkin.
• Redstone, 26 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable ; listed under camping near Pitkin.
• Redstone Family, 27 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $38 per night (non-electric), $45 per night (electric)); listed under camping near Carbondale.
• Stevens Creek Campground, 27 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ; listed under camping near Gunnison.
• Avalanche Campground, 28 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $21 per night); listed under camping near Pitkin.
• East Elk Creek Group Campsite, 28 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ; listed under camping near Gunnison.
• Soap Creek, 29 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $18 per night); listed under camping near Gunnison.
• Elk Creek Campground, 30 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ; listed under camping near Gunnison.
• Ponderosa Campground, 30 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable (Site: $20 per night); listed under camping near Gunnison.
• Red Creek Group Site, 30 miles from Crested Butte in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ; listed under camping near Gunnison.

Things to do near Crested Butte

Public land and water within 30 miles of Crested Butte, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.

• Irwin Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 6.9 miles from Crested Butte; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, all 3 campgrounds here sit inside this national forest, the nearest Lake Irwin at 7 miles from Crested Butte; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
• Raggeds Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 11 miles from Crested Butte; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Conundrum Hot Springs, a hot spring whose mapped point is 11 miles from Crested Butte; soaking details on swimholesmap.com.
• Lost Lake Slough fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 12 miles from Crested Butte; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Crater Lake, a swimming hole whose mapped point is 15 miles from Crested Butte; swimming details on swimholesmap.com.
• Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 16 miles from Crested Butte; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Maroon Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 16 miles from Crested Butte; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• West Elk Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 19 miles from Crested Butte; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Pothole Lake #2 (Upper) fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 20 miles from Crested Butte; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Crested Butte

Groceries

• Clark's Market supermarket · 0.3 miles · Hours Mo-Su 07:00-21:00
• Mountain Earth Organic Grocer supermarket · 0.4 miles
• Treasury Liquors & The Store convenience store · 2.3 miles

Fuel

• Exxon fuel station · 0.2 miles
• Exxon fuel station · 0.4 miles
• Powerstop fuel station · 22 miles

RV dump station

• Tall Texan RV Park RV park · 20 miles · (970) 641-2927

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Crested Butte: propane, potable water fill, pharmacy, laundromat, and ice. Stores, fuel, propane, dump stations, water fill, laundromats, and pharmacies are the nearest few mapped within 25 miles, straight-line, © OpenStreetMap contributors (data as of 2026-10-01; this extract under the ODbL). Hours are as mapped; call ahead.