Riverside Campground
- At 8,000 ftHigh camp: expect cold nights, even in summer
- South Park Ranger DistrictPike and San Isabel National Forests
Riverside Campground is a Forest Service campground in the South Park Ranger District of the Pike and San Isabel National Forests in Colorado. It sits among a cluster of other campgrounds and climbing areas, with Blue Mountain Campground and O'Brian Gulch Campground each about 0.8 miles away. Vault toilets are the only listed amenity. A fee is charged for stays. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Florissant Fossil Bed weather station, at a similar elevation, show July highs around 79°F with lows near 42°F, while winter highs stay in the upper 30s. The closest outing is the Hardrock hike, about 0.6 miles away. Climbers can head to Knome Dome aka Water Dome, roughly 0.9 miles off, and Elevenmile Dome is about 1.4 miles away. Travel Port Campground is about 1.7 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts33 mi away
- Lostfork Basecamp38 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
HardrockHikingPhoto: Ken Brazier (Ken g6), CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.6 mi- Blue Mountain CampgroundCamping0.8 mi
O'Brian Gulch CampgroundCampingPhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.8 mi- Blue MoutainHiking0.8 mi
- Knome Dome aka Water DomeRock climbing0.9 mi
- Elevenmile DomeRock climbing1.4 mi
- Travel Port CampgroundCamping1.7 mi
- Colorado Midland RailroadCanoeing8.2 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Wagon Tongue CampgroundCamping · ~6 min drivePhoto: Jay Miller from Fly to Eleven Mile Canyon just outside Colorado Springs, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Rocky Ridge Campground - Loop ECamping · ~12 min drivePhoto: Jay Miller from Colorado Springs, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Rocky Ridge Campground - Loop ACamping · ~12 min drivePhoto: Jay Miller from Colorado Springs, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Rocky Ridge Campground - Loop CCamping · ~12 min drivePhoto: Jay Miller from Fly to Eleven Mile Canyon just outside Colorado Springs, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- North Shore Campground - Loop DCamping · ~13 min drivePhoto: Jay Miller from Colorado Springs, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Howbert Point CampgroundCamping · ~14 min drivePhoto: Jay Miller from Fly to Eleven Mile Canyon just outside Colorado Springs, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- O'Brian Gulch CampgroundCamping · ~1 min drivePhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Blue Mountain CampgroundCamping · ~1 min drive
- Springer Gulch CampgroundCamping · ~6 min drive
- Happy Meadows CampgroundCamping · ~6 min drive
Facts about this campground
Riverside Campground
Book on Recreation.gov
