Sweetwater Lake Campground
Provide comments here. The Forest Service recently acquired the 488-acre Sweetwater Ranch, which greatly expands the public access in this area. Sweetwater Lake Campground, elevation 7,740 feet, is on the south end of 72 acre, Sweetwater Lake. The vegetation surrounding the campground and the sites is scrub oak, serviceberry, wild rose and willow. High limestone cliffs tower above the area on two sides. FACILITIES.
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 | All food and refuse must be stored in hard-sided vehicles, approved bear-resistant containers, or suspended at least 10 feet from the ground and 4 feet from any supporting tree or pole. |
Weather by month
Getting there
| Coordinates | 39.7972° N, 107.1606° W · Directions ↗ |
Supplies & services
| Outdoor gear | Gearhead Outfitters ↗ | 19.2 mi |
| Dump station | Dump station ↗ | 32.1 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
- 8.2 miLyons Gulch Boat Launch ↗Boat launch
- 9.5 miDeep Creek Day Use Area ↗Day use
- 11.3 miUte Trail Trailhead-Dotsero ↗Trailhead
- 12 miPinball Access Boat Launch ↗Boat launch
- 14 mi
Trails nearby
- under 0.1 miUte - Deep ↗8.5 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 0.1 miSweetwater Nature0.5 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 1.6 miJohnny Meyers3.5 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 1.8 miSweetwater ↗7.7 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 1.9 miCoburn Rim3.7 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 2 miTurret Creek ↗9.5 mi trail · hiking, horse
Trailheads within three miles
- 0.2 miUte - Sweetwater #2032 ↗White River National Forest
- 1.8 miSweetwater TH #1854 ↗White River National Forest
- 2 miShingle Peak TH #2042 ↗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 White River National Forest.
- inWhite River National Forest ↗National Forest · Forest Service · 2,482,711 acres
- 1.4 miFlat Tops Wilderness ↗Wilderness · Forest Service · 230,829 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
- Dotsero BridgeStructure · Dotsero · 11.4 mi
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Reference
Questions people ask
How many sites does Sweetwater Lake Campground have?
9 sites.
Source: Forest Service
Can I bring an RV to Sweetwater Lake Campground?
Sweetwater Lake Campground is listed for tents only.
Source: Forest Service
What if Sweetwater Lake Campground is full?
The nearest public campgrounds are Deep Lake Campground (7.4 mi), Gypsum Campground (13.9 mi, first-come), and Trappers Lake / Cutthroat Campground (14.2 mi, first-come).
Source: Campgrounds nearby