Hawsapple Campground
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- best months
Clear at last check
Weather is good · OpenWeather · checked 12 h ago
- At 6,468 ft
- Paonia State Park
Hawsapple Campground is a state park campground in Paonia State Park in Colorado, managed by State Fish and Wildlife. It sits within the park's land, and the nearest town is Paonia. For comfortable weather, aim for late spring or early fall. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 73°F and September highs around 79°F, while July peaks near 90°F and winter brings frequent snow days. Spruce Campground is just 0.2 miles away, and Muddy Creek offers canoeing about 0.7 miles off. Buck Mesa Trail and the North Fork Gunnison River are both within about 3 miles.
Local outfitters
- Marble RV Park and Campground10 mi away
- Mountain Time RV Park and Cabins36 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Spruce CampgroundCamping0.2 mi
- Muddy CreekCanoeing0.7 mi
- Buck Mesa TrailHiking2.7 mi
North Fork Gunnison RiverCanoeingPhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)2.9 mi- Tomahawk Reservoir Trail 820.1BHiking3 mi
- Raggeds Tie-In Trail 823Hiking3.6 mi
- Anthracite CreekCanoeing4.4 mi
- Erickson Springs CampgroundCamping4.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Lake IrwinCamping · ~25 min drive
Campsite WG 46Camping · ~30 min drivePhoto: Sheila Sund from Salem, United States, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Campsite WG 45Camping · ~30 min drivePhoto: Sheila Sund from Salem, United States, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Campsites GC 13Camping · ~30 min drivePhoto: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Campsite WG 38Camping · ~30 min drivePhoto: Sheila Sund from Salem, United States, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Campsites WG 42Camping · ~30 min drivePhoto: Sheila Sund from Salem, United States, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Spruce CampgroundCamping · Next door
- Erickson Springs CampgroundCamping · ~8 min drive
- Bogan Flats CampgroundCamping · ~16 min drive
- McClure CampgroundCamping · ~17 min drive
Best time to visit Hawsapple 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
39° / 16°
8 wet · 5 snow
Feb
45° / 22°
7 wet · 4 snow
Mar
56° / 29°
8 wet · 3 snow
Apr
63° / 34°
7 wet · 1 snow
May
73° / 42°
7 wet
Jun
85° / 51°
5 wet
Jul
90° / 57°
7 wet
Aug
88° / 56°
8 wet
Sep
79° / 48°
7 wet
Oct
67° / 37°
7 wet · 1 snow
Nov
53° / 27°
7 wet · 3 snow
Dec
40° / 17°
8 wet · 5 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Paonia 1sw, CO, 17.4 mi away at 5,581 ft. The station sits about 900 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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