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Be smart, sensible and prepared. If you are out in the middle of the desert or mountains and your rig breaks down, be prepared to
walk until you can find help. Have enough water and provisions to be able to self rescue yourself and your family. Chances are your
cell phone will not work where you are stuck. Always have backpacks, hydration systems and food to get you out.
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BLM-Bureau of Land Management
NP-National Park
USFS-United States Forest Service
NP-National Park
USFS-United States Forest Service
backcountry camping for the whole family
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Backcountry camping is a great way to get away from it all, spend time with your family and not spend a
huge amount of money. Our family has been camping this way for over ten years, mainly in the four
corners area and west Texas. We started in the campgrounds but realized that was not giving us the
solitude we were seeking. As we ventured out into the "unknown" we discovered a whole new world was
waiting for us beyond the pavement. I hope as you browse around you will find something here to inspire
you to get out there.
~Cookie
~Cookie
site north of Rio Grande Reservoir, CO
Colorado in the summertime!
It's cool and the flowers are
blooming. You do have to be
carefull of the afternoon
thunderstorms, but with a
little planning you can enjoy
some of the best National
Forest camping around. Did I
mention that most of it is
FREE?
Kite Lake west of Rio
Grande Reservoir
Nellie Creek outside Lake City, CO (near Uncompahgre trail head)
trailhead camping for Mt. Lincoln
roadside campsite 1 mile from the Mt. Princeton trailhead
camping at the trailhead for Mt. Elbert, tallest peak in Colorado
campsite 1/8 mile from Mt. Lindsey trailhead
All of the campsites
pictured on this page
were FREE! The Rio
Grande site even had
a pit toilet. All the
other sites were
BYOS-bring your
own shovel.
A lot of these sites were closer to the road than we would normally pick, but we wanted to be close to the trail heads to climb 14ers.
A lot of these sites were closer to the road than we would normally pick, but we wanted to be close to the trail heads to climb 14ers.