About Bear Lake Campground (Co)
Bear Lake Campground is located in the beautiful San Isabel National Forest at an elevation of 10,480 ft. Views of the nearby Culebra Range Mountains with aspen and spruce forests offer campers a genuine Colorado experience. Indian Trail 1300 begins at the north end of the campground providing direct access to a 23 mile multi-user trail system available for all-terrain vehicle, motorcycle, bicycle, foot and horse. A quieter well marked trail system between Bear Lake and Blue Lake is open to foot and horse traffic. This rustic campground has 14 campsites, each with a table and fire ring. An on-site camp host offers firewood bundles for sale. Vault toilets and drinking water are available. No electric or septic hook-ups are available. A tributary of the Cuchara River runs through the campground. Bear Lake is 1/8 mile from the campground, and Blue Lake is one mile away. Both of these small…
- Fees: Extra Vehicle Fee $10.00
- Managed by: Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, FS
- Where: 13 mi northwest of Stonewall Gap, CO · 37.32536, -105.13886
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Jul–Aug (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–May.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Lake Cg | ATV road | 0.2 mi | 0.2 mi |
| Indian | Horse, ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 0.3 mi | 13.6 mi |
| Steep Mtn. | ATV road | 0.5 mi | 0.9 mi |
| Baker Creek | Dirt bike | 1.3 mi | 3.1 mi |
| North Fork | Horse | 1.7 mi | 4.0 mi |
| Wildcat | Horse | 1.9 mi | 3.8 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
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Class 1 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.