Columbine Landing Recreation Site
This is located between Silverthorne and Green Mountain Reservoir along Highway 9. It is used primarily for rafting access (take out) on the Blue River but it does have some dispersed campsites and a vault toilet.
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
| Season | May - October |
| Forest | White River National Forest |
Weather by month
Getting there
| Coordinates | 39.7594° N, 106.1350° W · Directions ↗ |
Fire nearby
- PrescribedHarris Park Broadcast Rx
38 mi from the campground · 390 acres
- WildfireWillow
40 mi from the campground · 7,359 acres · 92% contained
Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.
Supplies & services
| Outdoor gear | REI ↗ | 9.9 mi |
| Dump station | Dump station ↗ | 25.4 mi |
| RV sales & service | RV sales & service ↗ | 50.1 mi |
Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.
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
Video
Columbine Campground Review #campground
Worth a stop
- 6.3 miWilliams Fork Trailhead ↗Trailhead
- 6.3 miWilliams Fork Trailhead Day Use ↗Trailhead
Trails nearby
- 0.1 miHarrigan Creek3.4 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 0.7 miNot Rock0.6 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 0.8 miAcorn Creek Trail3 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
- 1.6 miNot Rock Creek ↗6.1 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 2.2 miKirkwood Ditch Access0.8 mi trail · hiking, horse
- 2.3 miAlderline Property Access0.7 mi trail · hiking, horse
Trailheads within three miles
- 0.8 miAcorn Creek TH #71 ↗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
Eagles Nest Wilderness begins about 0.2 miles away, and it is the closest of these.
- 0.2 miEagles Nest Wilderness ↗Wilderness · Forest Service · 135,104 acres
- 3.7 miPtarmigan Peak Wilderness ↗Wilderness · Forest Service · 12,615 acres
- 7.5 miWhite 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.
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Reference
Questions people ask
Can I bring an RV to Columbine Landing Recreation Site?
Columbine Landing Recreation Site is listed for tents only.
Source: Forest Service
What if Columbine Landing Recreation Site is full?
The nearest public campgrounds are Blue River Campground (2.3 mi), South Fork Group Site (6 mi, partly first-come), and South Fork Campgound (6.2 mi, partly first-come).
Source: Campgrounds nearby