About Buffalo Campground
Buffalo Campground is one of two facilities within the Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, about an hour's drive southwest of Denver, Colorado. Visitors enjoy a variety of recreational opportunities, including hiking, mountain biking and trout fishing. The Buffalo Creek Recreation Area is home to a 40-mile trail system most popular with mountain bikers, but hikers and horseback riders enjoy the area as well. Several trailheads are within walking distance of the campground. The Lost Creek Wilderness Area can be accessed via the Colorado Trail, which stretches nearly 500 miles from Denver to Durango. Buffalo Creek is a popular fishing stream for brook trout. The campground offers single-family sites, some of which are designated for tent camping only. Each site is equipped with accessible picnic tables and campfire rings with grills. Vault toilets are provided. No hookups are available. The…
- Fees: $28.00 fee per site for overnight camping. Two (2) vehicles or one (1) RV per site is included in the camping fee. $11.00 for a third…
- Season: Early May – Late September
- Managed by: Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, FS
- Where: 14 mi south of Aspen Park, CO · 39.34159, -105.32962
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: May–Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–Apr.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | Horse | 0.3 mi | 253.1 mi |
| Green Mountain | Horse | 0.3 mi | 6.0 mi |
| Buffalo Th - Ct Connector | Horse | 0.3 mi | 0.2 mi |
| Gashouse Gulch | Horse | 0.5 mi | 5.6 mi |
| Tramway | Horse | 0.6 mi | 3.2 mi |
| Mouache | Horse | 0.7 mi | 1.2 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
No signal at camp
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is clear overhead but fades toward town glow.
Class 4 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 19.4 mi
Propane: 9.2 mi
Camps nearby
- Campsite · 14 mi S of Aspen Park 0.1 mi
- Meadows Group Campground 0.4 mi
- 550 - 33 0.5 mi
- Meadows Group Campground 1 mi
- 550 - 28 1.2 mi
- Green Mountain Campground 1.7 mi