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Purgatoire Campground

11 of 20 sites fit 22 ft

Book one of 08, 18, 22, 23, 10, 06 and 5 more

Longest for your rig: 35 ft
Booking: Reservable
Hookups: none
Entry: Back-in only
ADA sites: —
Elevation: 9,705 ft
Vehicles: up to 2

At 9,705 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 right and drive 4 miles on rough gravel road to campground.quoted from the driving directions

Every bookable site

The 11 sites that take a 22 ft rig, drawn where they sit.

Fits your 22 ft rig — 11 sites

0835 ft limit · back · gravel 1835 ft limit · back · gravel 2235 ft limit · back · gravel 2335 ft limit · back · gravel 1030 ft limit · back · gravel 0625 ft limit · back · gravel 0725 ft limit · back · gravel 0925 ft limit · back · gravel 1425 ft limit · back · gravel 2025 ft limit · back · gravel 2125 ft limit · back · gravel

Too short for 22 ft — 3 sites

0221 ft limit · back · gravel 0418 ft limit · back · gravel 1918 ft limit · back · gravel

Tents only — no rig permitted here — 6 sites

11no rigs permitted · back · gravel 12no rigs permitted · back · gravel 13no rigs permitted · back · gravel 15no rigs permitted · back · gravel 16no rigs permitted · back · gravel 17no rigs permitted · back · gravel

fits 22 ft (11) too short (9) 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	Blue Lake Campground - San Isabel NF (CO) CO	5 mi N	16	36 ft	none
2	Bear Lake Campground (CO) CO	5 mi N	13	36 ft	none
3	Cordova Pass CO	8 mi NE	1	—	none
4	Cimarron Campground NM	34 mi S	36	190 ft	none · pull-through
5	Zapata Falls Campground CO	37 mi NW	37	100 ft	none · pull-through
6	Pinon Flats Campground CO	40 mi NW	89	35 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: 20
Non-site records excluded: 3
Max occupancy per site: 8
Reservable sites: 13
Coordinates: 37.2525, -105.1092
Nearest place: CANON CITY
Phone: FOR RESERVATIONS CALL (877) 444-6777, FOR OTHER NON REAL TIME INFORMATION CALL THE SAN CARLOS RANGER DISTRICT AT (719) 269-8500.
Elevation: 9,705 ft

Sources

Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/234104 · 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