Middle Quartz Creek Campground
Photo: Bull dd-780, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Caution at last check
Agency alerts are in effect for this area; weather is good · USFS, OpenWeather · checked 12 h ago
- At 10,223 ftHigh camp: expect cold nights, even in summer
- Gunnison Ranger DistrictGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Middle Quartz Creek Campground is a Forest Service campground in the Gunnison Ranger District of the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests in Colorado. It sits within the national forest's boundaries, and the Forest Service manages the land. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Taylor Park weather station, which sits about 1,000 feet lower, show July highs around 72°F with lows near 42°F, while winter highs stay in the 20s and low 30s. Middle Quartz Campground is just 0.1 mile away, and the Alpine Tunnel hike starts about 1.5 miles off. The South Quartz Trail 483 and Quartz Campground are both within about 2.6 miles.
- Middle Quartz CampgroundCamping0.1 mi
- Alpine TunnelHiking1.5 mi
South Quartz Trail 483HikingPhoto: John Sowell, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)1.8 mi- Middle Quartz Snowmobile/skiMountain biking2 mi
- Horseshoe Trail 482HikingPhoto: John Sowell, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)2.6 mi
- Quartz CampgroundCamping2.6 mi
- Pitkin CampgroundCamping4.3 mi
- Chalk Creek CanyonRock climbing8.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Monarch ParkCamping · ~16 min drive
- Lottis Creek CampgroundCamping · ~26 min drive
- Lodgepole (Taylor River Canyon near Gunnison, COLORADO)Camping · ~27 min drive
- Quartz Creek CampgroundCamping · ~4 min drive
- Quartz CampgroundCamping · ~4 min drive
- Pitkin CampgroundCamping · ~7 min drive
- North Fork Reservoir CampgroundCamping · ~10 min drive
- Snowblind CampgroundCamping · ~12 min drive
- Iron City CampgroundCamping · ~13 min drive
- Gold Creek CampgroundCamping · ~14 min drive
Also worth it near here
- South Quartz Trail 483Hiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: John Sowell, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Depler Park Snowmo/skiCross-country skiing · ~5 min drive
North Quartz Creek SkiMountain biking · ~5 min drivePhoto: Bull dd-780, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Mount AetnaSummit · ~11 min drivePhoto: Bill Ward, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
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