Deerlodge Park Campground
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- best months
Is Deerlodge Park Campground open right now?
Closure in the area
There's a closure order in Dinosaur National Monument. It doesn't name Deerlodge Park Campground, so check the source for the area it covers (2 listed).
Echo Park Road and Campground Closure
Park closure covering Dinosaur National Monument · NPS · Dinosaur National Monument
Rainbow Park Closure
Park closure covering Dinosaur National Monument · NPS · Dinosaur National Monument
As of · Source: NPS · Dinosaur National Monument. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
- At 5,611 ft
- Dinosaur National Monument
Deerlodge Park Campground is a National Park Service campground inside Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado. It is one of the monument's campgrounds, and the land is managed by the National Park Service. A fee is charged to camp here, according to the National Park Service. The most comfortable months for a visit are typically late spring and early fall. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 69°F and September highs around 77°F, with July the warmest month at about 88°F and January the coldest at around 33°F. The closest outing is the Disappointment Draw Trail, about 0.6 miles away. Cross Mountain Boulders, a climbing area, lies about 8.5 miles from the campground.
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Echo Park CampgroundCamping · ~44 min drivePhoto: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Gates of LodoreCamping · ~47 min drivePhoto: NPS Natural Resources, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
Rangely Camper ParkCamping · ~49 min drivePhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Green River CampgroundCamping · ~1h 6m drive
- Split Mountain Group CampgroundCamping · ~1h 7m drive
- Anderson Hole River CampCamping · ~6 min drive
- Ponderosa River CampCamping · ~11 min drive
- Teepee Hole River CampCamping · ~12 min drive
- Big Joe River CampCamping · ~28 min drive
- Mathers Hole River CampCamping · ~32 min drive
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Best time to visit Deerlodge Park Campground
Best months: April–June and September–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
33° / 12°
7 wet
Feb
39° / 15°
7 wet
Mar
51° / 26°
7 wet
Apr
59° / 32°
8 wet
May
69° / 41°
8 wet
Jun
82° / 50°
6 wet
Jul
88° / 57°
5 wet
Aug
86° / 55°
7 wet
Sep
77° / 46°
7 wet
Oct
62° / 35°
6 wet
Nov
47° / 24°
6 wet
Dec
34° / 12°
6 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Massadona 3e, CO, 12.2 mi away at 6,140 ft. The station sits about 500 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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