FS · Rio Grande National Forest
Elwood Cabin
1 of 1 sites fit 42 ft
Book 5106
- Longest for your rig
- 50 ft
- Booking
- Reservable
- Hookups
- water · sewer
- Entry
- Back-in only
- ADA sites
- —
- Elevation
- 11,532 ft
At 11,532 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
Access to the cabin in the summertime can be accomplished with just about any vehicle; however, when the dirt roads are wet they tend to get slick.
quoted from the driving directions
Every bookable site
Fits your 42 ft rig — 1 site
Within 60 miles
| Map marker# | Campground | Distance | Sites | Longest for your rig | Hookups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Platoro Cabin 1 | 7 mi SE | 1 | — | electric |
| 2 | Platoro Cabin 2 | 7 mi SE | 1 | — | electric |
| 3 | Off Cow Camp Cabin | 11 mi NE | 1 | — | none |
| 4 | Fitton Guard Station Cabin | 11 mi NE | 1 | — | none |
| 5 | Lake Fork(Rio Grande Natl Fore | 12 mi SE | 19 | 70 ft | none · pull-through |
| 6 | Big Meadows Reservoir Campground (South Central CO) | 13 mi NW | 47 | 60 ft | none · pull-through |
Everything else on record
- Bookable sites
- 1
- Max occupancy per site
- 4
- Reservable sites
- 1
- Coordinates
- 37.4042, -106.6386
- Nearest place
- La Jara
- Phone
- 719-274-8971
- Elevation
- 11,532 ft
Sources
- Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from
https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/234255· 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