About Crescent Mining Camp
Cabin campers can escape the city - and escape modern day amenities - by staying at the fully rustic, historic Crescent Mining Camp cabins. The cabins offer a true old fashioned taste of life on the mine in the 19th century, with no electricity or running water. Visitors can focus on the sounds of nature and the incredible views of the Rocky Mountains from its creekside location. The mining camp was built in the 1890s during the boom of mining and milling in Clear Creek Canyon. Miners sought mostly gold and silver, and attracted about 50,000 residents in the valley that is now rather remote. The cabins are adjacent to a road heavily used by off-highway vehicles (OHV) but have a private drive with a locking gate. Crescent Mining camp is a good location for OHV enthusiasts, but not visitors seeking quiet and solitude Off-road vehicle trails begin near the site of the cabins and hiking…
- Fees: $50 per night, one cabin sleeps 4, the other cabin sleeps 2 .
- Season: May 15th – October 31st
- Managed by: Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, FS
- Where: 9 mi southwest of Twin Lakes, CO · 38.99194, -106.41472
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 (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–May.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDNST | Horse | at camp | 222.8 mi |
| Clear Creek | ATV road | 0.1 mi | 9.0 mi |
| Cloyses Lake 4Wd | ATV road | 0.1 mi | 6.6 mi |
| Sheep Gulch/Hope Pass | Horse | 0.6 mi | 0.2 mi |
| Missouri Gulch | Horse | 2.2 mi | 7.1 mi |
| Big Willis Gulch | Horse | 2.5 mi | 3.2 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 shows rich detail, horizon to horizon.
Class 2 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 17.3 mi
Water fill-up: 21 mi
Propane: 18.9 mi