FS · Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG
Columbine Campground
23 of 46 sites fit 38 ft
Book one of 039, 040, 043, 016, 026, 034 and 17 more
- Longest for your rig
- 55 ft
- Booking
- Reservable
- Hookups
- none
- Entry
- Back-in only
- ADA sites
- —
- Elevation
- 9,019 ft
- Vehicles
- up to 2
At 9,019 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.
- Unpaved approach
NFSR 176.1 access is a rough section of dirt road.
quoted from the driving directions
Every bookable site
The 23 sites that take a 38 ft rig, drawn where they sit.
Fits your 38 ft rig — 23 sites
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Too short for 38 ft — 15 sites
00435 ft limit · back · gravel00635 ft limit · back · gravel01435 ft limit · back · gravel01935 ft limit · back · gravel02235 ft limit · back · gravel03735 ft limit · back · gravel04635 ft limit · back · gravel01030 ft limit · back · gravel01130 ft limit · back · gravel01730 ft limit · back · gravel02130 ft limit · back · gravel02530 ft limit · back · gravel00525 ft limit · back · gravel00725 ft limit · back · gravel00925 ft limit · back · gravel
Tents only — no rig permitted here — 5 sites
Length never published — 3 sites
Within 60 miles
| Map marker# | Campground | Distance | Sites | Longest for your rig | Hookups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pickle Gulch | 3 mi NE | 6 | — | none |
| 2 | Cold Springs - Arapaho Roosevelt NF (CO) | 4 mi NE | 40 | 45 ft | none · pull-through |
| 3 | Kelly Dahl | 9 mi N | 25 | 40 ft | none |
| 4 | Mestaa’ėhehe Mountain Fire Lookout | 10 mi S | 1 | — | none |
| 5 | West Chicago Creek | 11 mi SW | 14 | 40 ft | none |
| 6 | Midland Group Campground | 11 mi W | 1 | — | none |
Everything else on record
- Bookable sites
- 46
- Non-site records excluded
- 1
- Longest driveway
- 50 ft
- Max occupancy per site
- 8
- Reservable sites
- 28
- Coordinates
- 39.8148, -105.5518
- Nearest place
- Morrison
- Phone
- 801-226-3564
- Elevation
- 9,019 ft
Sources
- Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from
https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/232381· retrieved 2026-08-17 · public-domain - USGS Elevation Point Query Service · fetched from
https://epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json· retrieved 2026-08-17 · public-domain