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First-come camping in Colorado (no reservation needed)

Colorado has 169 public campgrounds you can camp at without a reservation, 30 free and 121 charging a fee. All are run by the U.S. Forest Service.

169
Total
0
Reservable
169
First-come
Clear LakeHahns Peak LakeHalfmoonKite LakeLittle Molas Dispersed Campground

noindex Fewer than 3 campgrounds here clear the indexable bar yet, so this page stays noindex.

First-come campgrounds vs. dispersed camping

Every campground below is a named, developed site that takes no reservations: show up, find an open site, pay if there's a fee. Dispersed camping (boondocking) is different: camping on open public land away from any campground. BLM limits dispersed camping to 14 days within any 28-day period (stay limits vary by field office), asks campers to stay at least 200 feet from lakes and streams, and says most areas need no permit or reservation (blm.gov, read 2026-09-26). Where that land is in Colorado, and each unit's own rule: Colorado BLM land on publiclandsdb.com.

Most first-come campgrounds by town: 11 near Yampa , 10 near Rustic , 9 near South Fork , and 8 near Creede .

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Alamosa Conejos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
5
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Angel Creek Ouray · National Forest · First-come
Sites
16
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Aspen Jackson · National Forest · First-come
Sites
7
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $14 per night
 Aspen Glen Rustic · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night
 Avalanche Campground Pitkin · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $21 per night
 Badger Flats Camping Area Park · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Bear Lake Yampa · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Bear River Yampa · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Big Bend Rustic · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night
 Big Blue Lake City · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Big Meadows South Fork · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $29 per night
 Big South Rustic · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night
 Blacktail Creek Yampa · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Blue Lake La Veta · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $25 per night
 Bogan Flats Campground Marble · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $34 per night
 Bristol Head Creede · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $26 per night
 Browns Park Rustic · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $22 per night
 Buffalo Pass Saguache · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Day Use:
 Bull Mountain Grand Lake · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Byers Creek Grand · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Cataract Creek Heeney · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night
 Cathedral South Fork · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Cebolla Lake City · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Chapman Campground Pitkin · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Day Use Fee
 Chapman Reservoir Yampa · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Chris Park Group Campground La Plata · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Clear Lake Georgetown · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night
 Coaldale Coaldale · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $22 per night
 Cold Springs Gilpin · National Forest · First-come
Sites
38
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $27 per night
 Cold Springs Yampa · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Columbine Montrose · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Comstock Monte Vista · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Day Use:
 Conejos Platoro · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $26 per night
 Cottonwood Lake Buena Vista · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Crooked Creek Dispersed Area Creede · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Crosho Lake Yampa · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Cross Creek South Fork · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $27 per night
 Crow Valley Group Campground Briggsdale · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $77 per night
 Deep Lake Dotsero · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $6 per night
 Denver Creek Grand · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $26 per night
 Difficult Gcg Group Campground Pitkin · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Divide Forks Grand Junction · National Forest · First-come
Sites
11
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Dorchester Almont · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Dumont Lake Steamboat Springs · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $26 per night
 Dutch George Rustic · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $29 per night
 East Marvine Meeker · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $24 per night
 Elk Creek Overflow Conejos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $29 per night
 Elk Wallow Basalt · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Freeman Reservoir Craig · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $12 per night
 Fulford Cave Eagle · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night
 Gold Creek Pitkin · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Gold Park Red Cliff · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $27 per night
 Grandview Larimer · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $25 per night
 Granite Almont · National Forest · First-come
Sites
6
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $16 per night
 Granite Campground Steamboat Springs · National Forest · First-come
Sites
8
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Hahns Peak Lake Steamboat Springs · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $26 per night
 Halfmoon Minturn · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $19 per night
 Hansen Mill Creede · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Happy Meadows Lake George · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Hidden Lakes Walden · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Hidden Valley Lake City · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Highway Springs South Fork · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night
 Himes Peak Meeker · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $25 per night
 Homestake Valley Red Cliff · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Hornsilver Red Cliff · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $25 per night
 Horseshoe Parshall · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night
 Horseshoe Yampa · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Indian Creek Douglas · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Iron Springs Montrose · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Ivy Creek Creede · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Day Use:
 Kelly Flats Rustic · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $30 per night
 Kite Lake Alma · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 La Vista Rye · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Lake Fork Antonito · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $29 per night
 Lakeview Almont · National Forest · First-come
Sites
65
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site Non-Electric: $26 per night
 Lincoln Creek Dispersed Aspen · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Lincoln Gulch Campground Aspen · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $28 per night
 Little Molas Dispersed Campground San Juan · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Long Draw Larimer · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $25 per night
 Lost Lake Paonia · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $24 per vehicle
 Lost Man Campground Aspen · National Forest · First-come
Sites
10
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $28 per night
 Lost Trail Creede · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $26 per night
 Lower Beaver Creek South Fork · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $27 per night
 Lower Narrows Larimer · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Luders Creek Saguache · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Day Use:
 Lynx Pass Yampa · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Mary E Telluride · National Forest · First-come
Sites
20
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Mcclure Paonia · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Mcdonald Flats Campground Heeney · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night
 Mcphee Campground Dolores · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site Nonelectric: $26 per night
 Meadow Lake Campground New Castle · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $25 per night
 Meadow Ridge New Castle · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $25 per night
 Meeker Park Meeker Park · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $16 per night
 Middle Quartz Pitkin · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Mirror Lake Tincup · National Forest · First-come
Sites
10
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $14 per night
 Mix Lake Conejos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $26 per night
 Mizpah Empire · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night
 Mollie B Basalt · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $34 per night
 Mountain Park Group Campground Rustic · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 North Clear Creek Creede · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $26 per night
 North Crestone Creek Crestone · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Day Use:
 North Fork Poudre Red Feather Lakes · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $19 per night
 North Fork Reservoir Salida · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
$18.00 for overnight use as of 2025.
 O'haver Lake Salida · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
$28.00 for overnight use as of 2025. $10.00 for day use as of 2025.
 Oak Creek Fremont · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Year-round
Fee
Free
 Palisade South Fork · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $29 per night
 Park Creek South Fork · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $27 per night
 Pawnee Ward · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $29 per night
 Pickle Gulch Group Campground Gilpin · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Pike Community Group Campground Woodland Park · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Pine Cove Campground Frisco · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $29 per night
 Pines Walden · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Ponderosa Group Campground Rye · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Portal Aspen · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Poso La Garita · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Printerboy Group Campground Leadville · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Rainbow Lakes Nederland · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
mid-June to mid-September
Fee
Single Site: $22 per night
 Red Dirt Reservoir Kremmling · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Redstone Family Carbondale · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $38 per night (non-electric), $45 per night (electric)
 Rio Grande Creede · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Day Use:
 Riverside Lake George · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Road Canyon Hinsdale · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $26 per night
 Robbers Roost Winter Park · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $29 per night
 Rock Creek Yampa · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Rock Creek Monte Vista · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Day Use:
 Sawmill Gulch Grand · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Seedhouse Group Campground Steamboat Springs · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Shepherds Rim / Trappers Lake Garfield · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $25 per night
 Sheriff's Reservoir Yampa · National Forest · First-come
Sites
6
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $14 per night
 Sig Creek La Plata · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $18 per night
 Silver Thread Creede · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $26 per night
 Sleeping Elephant Rustic · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night
 Slumgullion Lake City · National Forest · First-come
Sites
21
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 South Fork Parshall · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $27 per night
 South Fork Campground Meeker · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $25 per night
 South Meadows Woodland Park · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Southside Pueblo · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Spectacle Lake Conejos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $29 per night
 Spruce Lake City · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Spruce Group Campground Rye · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 St. Charles Rye · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Steward J. Adams Education Site Group Campground Briggsdale · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Stone Cellar Gunnison · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Day Use:
 Storm King La Garita · National Forest · First-come
Sites
11
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Stove Prairie Landing Rustic · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $29 per night
 Stunner Platoro · National Forest · First-come
Sites
5
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Sugarloaf Parshall · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $24 per night
 Summit Lake Steamboat Springs · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Sunset Point Grand · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $33 per night
 Sweetwater Lake Dotsero · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $8 per night
 Sweetwater Lake Recreation Area Dotsero · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Teal Lake Walden · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Thistledown Ouray · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Tom Bennett Rustic · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $19 per night
 Trappers Lake/bucks Garfield · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night
 Trappers Lake/cutthroat Garfield · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $22 per night
 Trappers Lake/trapline Garfield · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $25 per night
 Trout Creek Oak Creek · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Trujillo Meadows Conejos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $29 per night
 Tucker Ponds South Fork · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $26 per night
 Tunnel Larimer · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $28 per night
 Twin Eagles Lake George · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Year-round
Fee
Not on record
 Upper Beaver Creek South Fork · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $27 per night
 Vaughan Lake Yampa · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Weller Campground Aspen · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $28 per night
 Whitestar Leadville · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Willow Creek Grand · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $29 per night
 Wye Teller · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Yeoman Park Eagle · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $23 per night

Common questions

Is there free camping in Colorado?

Yes. 30 public campgrounds here are free and first-come: Alamosa, Badger Flats Camping Area, Big Blue, Bull Mountain, and 26 more.

Can you camp on BLM land in Colorado?

Yes, in most places. BLM limits dispersed camping to 14 days within any 28-day period (stay limits vary by field office), asks campers to stay at least 200 feet from lakes and streams, and says most areas need no permit or reservation (blm.gov, read 2026-09-26). Where BLM land is and each unit's own rule: publiclandsdb.com.

Campgrounds you can book ahead: camping in Colorado.