FS · Rio Grande National Forest

Lake Fork(Rio Grande Natl Fore

6 of 19 sites fit 42 ft

Book 015, 001, 016, 019, 014, 018

Longest for your rig: 70 ft
Booking: Reservable
Hookups: none
Entry: Pull-through
ADA sites: —
Elevation: 10,730 ft
Vehicles: 1 per site

Every site here is listed for one vehicle. Agencies differ on whether a truck and the trailer it tows count as one or two, so this may not affect a fifth wheel — but it does decide whether a second car can come. Worth a call before you rely on it.

At 10,730 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 approachTurn on Highway 250 and travel 18 miles on a gravel road to Lake Fork Campground.quoted from the driving directions

Every bookable site

The 6 sites that take a 42 ft rig, drawn where they sit.

Fits your 42 ft rig — 6 sites

01570 ft limit · pull · gravel 00160 ft limit · back · gravel 01660 ft limit · pull · gravel 01960 ft limit · pull · gravel 01450 ft limit · back · gravel 01850 ft limit · back · gravel

Too short for 42 ft — 13 sites

00740 ft limit · back · gravel 00840 ft limit · pull · gravel 01140 ft limit · pull · gravel 01740 ft limit · back · gravel 00235 ft limit · back · gravel 00535 ft limit · back · gravel 00635 ft limit · back · gravel 01035 ft limit · back · gravel 013 Host35 ft limit · pull · gravel 00330 ft limit · back · gravel 00930 ft limit · pull · gravel 01225 ft limit · back · gravel 00420 ft limit · back · gravel

fits 42 ft (6) too short (13) not published (0)Click a site for what it publishes and a way to book it. Positions are the agency’s; roads, water and terrain are not shown, so this says where the sites are and not how you drive between them.

Within 60 miles

Map marker#	Campground	Distance	Sites	Longest for your rig	Hookups
1	Platoro Cabin 1 CO · cabin	5 mi NW	1	—	electric
2	Platoro Cabin 2 CO · cabin	5 mi NW	1	—	electric
3	Elwood Cabin CO · cabin	12 mi NW	1	50 ft	none
4	Fitton Guard Station Cabin CO · cabin	13 mi N	1	—	none
5	Off Cow Camp Cabin CO · cabin	13 mi N	1	—	none
6	Elk Creek Campground (Rio Grande NF) CO	13 mi SE	38	60 ft	electric · pull-through

this campground numbered to match the tableClick a marker for what it is and how far. Straight-line distances, not driving distances; the inset shows where this sits in the state. For directions, open this location in OpenStreetMap.

Everything else on record

Bookable sites: 19
Longest driveway: 70 ft
Max occupancy per site: 8
Reservable sites: 11
Coordinates: 37.2997, -106.4667
Phone: 719-852-5941
Elevation: 10,730 ft

Sources

Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/231850 · 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