FS · White River National Forest

Piney Guard Station

Nothing here fits 38 ft of 1 sites

Longest for your rig: 10 ft
Booking: Reservable
Hookups: none
Entry: Back-in only
ADA sites: —
Elevation: 9,055 ft
Vehicles: up to 3

At 9,055 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.

High clearance or 4WD advisedIf the snowpack is minimal, you may be able to use a high clearance 4-wheel drive vehicle to reach the gravel pile parking area at the intersection with Forest Road #700 and #744 which is approximately 7 miles from the Highway 131.quoted from the driving directions

Every bookable site

Too short for 38 ft — 1 site

0110 ft vehicle · gravel

Within 60 miles

Map marker#	Campground	Distance	Sites	Longest for your rig	Hookups
1	Radium Recreation Area CO	13 mi N	18	80 ft	none · pull-through
2	Elliott Creek Campground (CO) CO	15 mi NE	19	60 ft	none · pull-through
3	Pumphouse Recreation Area CO	16 mi N	20	60 ft	none
4	Willows Campground (CO) CO	16 mi NE	21	93 ft	none · pull-through
5	Cow Creek North (CO) CO	17 mi NE	5	—	none
6	Cow Creek South CO	17 mi NE	43	100 ft	none · 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: 1
Max occupancy per site: 4
Reservable sites: 1
Coordinates: 39.7575, -106.5606
Nearest place: MINTURN
Phone: 970-827-5715
Elevation: 9,055 ft

Sources

Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/233927 · 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