Trappers Lake / Bucks Campground
Bucks Campground at Trappers Lake has 10 sites. It sits very near the Wilderness boundary, close to the Trappers Lake Outlet parking area. An RV dump station is available within the Trappers Lake campground complex. View Dates and Fees
More like this: first-come in Colorado · tent only in Colorado
Amenities & rules
| Equipment | Tents |
Individual sites vary. Confirm on Recreation.gov or with the managing office.
Season & status
| Forest | White River National Forest |
| Rules | See: Flat Tops Wilderness Regulations and Campground Regulations Trappers Lake lies completely within the Flat Tops Wilderness; motorized boats and wheeled carts for boat transport are prohibited |
Weather by month
Getting there
| Coordinates | 39.9939° N, 107.2395° W · Directions ↗ |
Supplies & services
| Dump station | Dump station ↗ | 28.3 mi |
| Outdoor gear | Gearhead Outfitters ↗ | 31 mi |
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No site-by-site records, no fee schedule, no directions or photos in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.
Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.
Explore
Worth a stop
- 0.2 mi
Trails nearby
- 0.1 miScotts Lake0.2 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 0.2 miDuck Lake2.4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
- 0.2 miHimes Peak4.3 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 0.2 miScotts Bay Overlook0.2 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 0.3 miArthur H. Carhart ↗5.3 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 0.3 miWall Lake ↗7.2 mi trail · hiking, horse
Trailheads within three miles
- 0.2 miHimes Peak #1877 ↗White River National Forest
- 0.3 miWall Lake #1818 ↗White River National Forest
- 1.6 miSkinny Fish #1813 ↗White River National Forest
- 1.8 miLake Of The Woods #2263 ↗White River National Forest
Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.
Public land it sits in
This campground sits inside Flat Tops Wilderness, which overlaps White River National Forest.
- inFlat Tops Wilderness ↗Wilderness · Forest Service · 230,829 acres
- inWhite River National Forest ↗National Forest · Forest Service · 2,482,711 acres
Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.
Other campgrounds nearby
On the National Register nearby
- Pyramid Guard StationHistoric district · Yampa · 11 mi
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Reference
Questions people ask
How many sites does Trappers Lake / Bucks Campground have?
10 sites.
Source: Forest Service
Can I bring an RV to Trappers Lake / Bucks Campground?
Trappers Lake / Bucks Campground is listed for tents only.
Source: Forest Service
What if Trappers Lake / Bucks Campground is full?
The nearest public campgrounds are Trappers Lake / Trapline Campground (0.1 mi, first-come), Trappers Lake / Horse Thief Campground (0.1 mi, first-come), and Trappers Lake / Cutthroat Campground (0.2 mi, first-come).
Source: Campgrounds nearby