About Kelsey Campground
Kelsey is one of two campgrounds within the Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, about an hour's drive southwest of Denver, Colorado. Visitors enjoy a variety of recreational opportunities, including hiking, rock climbing, 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 the area, including Little Scraggy Trail, just 3 miles north of the campground. Access to the Colorado Trail and the Buffalo Burn Trail begin from this trailhead. Shinglemill Trail is also nearby. Buffalo Creek is a popular fishing stream for brook trout. The area offers great wildlife viewing opportunities for turkey, elk, mule deer, chipmunks and porcupines. The campground offers single-family sites, some of which are designated for tent camping only.…
- 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: 13 mi northwest of Westcreek, CO · 39.31639, -105.26667
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: Jun–Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Nov–Apr.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Scraggy | Hiking | 0.2 mi | 9.3 mi |
| Kelsey Cut-Off | Hiking | 0.7 mi | 0.3 mi |
| Kelsey Loop | Hiking | 0.7 mi | 0.3 mi |
| Colorado | Horse | 1.3 mi | 253.1 mi |
| Shinglemill | Hiking | 2.0 mi | 3.7 mi |
| Buffalo Burn | Horse | 2.1 mi | 1.7 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
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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: 18.6 mi
Propane: 12.4 mi
Camps nearby
- 550 - 3 1.8 mi
- Buffalo Creek Recreation Area 2 mi
- 550 - 12 2.1 mi
- 550 - 28 2.9 mi
- Meadows Group Campground 2.9 mi
- 550 - 33 3.4 mi