FS · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest
Black Bear Cabin at Mesa Lakes (CO)
No lengths published for any site here
- Longest for your rig
- —
- Booking
- Reservable
- Hookups
- none
- Entry
- Back-in only
- ADA sites
- —
- Elevation
- 10,035 ft
- Vehicles
- up to 4
At 10,035 ft, expect nights below freezing well into June, water systems shut off outside a short summer window, and a long climb to get here. Nothing published says when it opens — call before you tow.
Book on Recreation.gov →the official reservation system; we take no cut
Getting there
What the agency says about the road in. For a long rig this is often the binding constraint — a site that fits is no use behind four miles of shelf road — and none of it appears in the campsite data.
- Narrow or single-lane road
Open gate and follow through on a single lane road about 100 yards.
quoted from the driving directions
Every bookable site
Length never published — 1 site
Within 60 miles
| Map marker# | Campground | Distance | Sites | Longest for your rig | Hookups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spruce Grove (CO) | 0 mi S | 1 | — | none |
| 2 | Jumbo Campground | 1 mi W | 26 | 45 ft | electric |
| 3 | Moose Manor Cabin | 1 mi W | 1 | — | none |
| 4 | Island Lake Campground | 4 mi E | 32 | 100 ft | electric · pull-through |
| 5 | Little Bear | 5 mi E | 1 | — | none |
| 6 | Cobbett Lake | 5 mi E | 20 | 45 ft | none · pull-through |
Everything else on record
- Bookable sites
- 1
- Max occupancy per site
- 8
- Reservable sites
- 1
- Coordinates
- 39.0522, -108.0811
- Elevation
- 10,035 ft
Sources
- Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from
https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/233216· retrieved 2026-08-11 · public-domain - USGS Elevation Point Query Service · fetched from
https://epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json· retrieved 2026-08-11 · public-domain