About Mount Princeton Campground
Mount Princeton Campground offers 19 sites equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring with grill. Wheelchair accessible vault toilets are provided. Firewood is sold on-site. Parking spurs are gravel. Sites 1, and 14-17 are "walk-up", first-come, first-served sites. All other sites are reservable. Site 2 is used by the host from mid-May to Labor Day weekend, after that it is available as a "walk-up", first-come, first-served site.
- Fees: $25 per site for overnight camping. Two vehicles or one RV per site is included in the camping fee. $10 for a third vehicle. $10.00 fee for…
- Managed by: USFS - Pike-San Isabel National Forests
- Where: 8 mi west of Nathrop, CO · 38.71417, -106.22502
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Jun–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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Princeton Cg | ATV road | at camp | 0.3 mi |
| Cascade Creek Trail | Hiking | 0.3 mi | 0.9 mi |
| Chalk Lake Cg | ATV road | 0.4 mi | 0.2 mi |
| Colorado | Horse | 1.3 mi | 253.1 mi |
| Mt. Princeton | Hiking | 2.1 mi | 1.9 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
Verizon 4G
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: 10.2 mi
Water fill-up: 10.2 mi
Propane: 9 mi
Camps nearby
- Chalk Lake 0.5 mi
- Cascade (Colorado) 1.1 mi
- Chalk Creek Canyon 1.4 mi
- Bootleg Campground 1.6 mi
- Dispersed spot · 8 mi N of Maysville 5 mi
- Cottonwood Lake Campground 5.9 mi