A white Tacoma with a camper shell parked on a rise above a broad, empty basin under building cloud.

Camping in

Gilpin County, Colorado

4 federal places to camp in Gilpin County: 4 Forest Service.

4
federal places to camp
4 Forest Service
4
take reservations
On Recreation.gov. The rest are first come, first served, or not listed there
9,200 ft
at the highest of them
Columbine Campground. The lowest, Kelly Dahl, sits at 8,616 ft
117
campsites you can book ahead
On Recreation.gov. The longest rig any of them takes is 55 feet

Interactive map. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom, and select any point to see which agency manages the land. Arrow keys pan and the plus and minus keys zoom when the map has focus. A list of every state with its share of federal land is on the Explore page.

Map layers

Layers
Base map
Legend

Federal land, by managing agency

  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
  • US Forest Service (USFS)
  • National Park Service (NPS)
  • US Fish and Wildlife (USFW)
  • Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)
  • Department Of Defense (DOD)
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
  • Other Federal
  • State
  • Local
  • Alaska Native Lands (Patented or Interim Conveyed)
  • Alaska Native Allotment

Federal campgrounds, by agency

  • Forest Service
  • Bureau of Land Management
  • National Park Service
  • Army Corps of Engineers
  • Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife and others

State and local land (USGS PAD-US)

  • State land
  • County and city land
  • Regional agency or district
  • Land trust or conservancy

Gaps with no tint inside public land are private parcels, often old mining claims and homesteads. They are not open to the public.

Dashed clay lines on the base map are unpaved tracks from OpenStreetMap. They show what exists on the ground, not what is legal to drive.

Select any point to see who manages the land.

Boundaries are approximate and land status changes. This map is a planning aid, not a survey or a statement of access. Confirm routes, closures and camping rules with the managing office.

Every federal campground in Gilpin County

4 places

  1. Cold Springs Forest Service · Arapaho 9,200 ftelevation 40sites 45 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  2. Columbine Campground Forest Service · Arapaho 9,200 ftelevation 46sites 55 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  3. Kelly Dahl Forest Service · Arapaho 8,616 ftelevation 25sites 40 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  4. Pickle Gulch group campground Forest Service · Arapaho 9,093 ftelevation 6sites n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov