Silver Thread Campground
- Jun, Sep
- best months
Is Silver Thread Campground open right now?
Closure in the area
There's a closure order in Rio Grande National Forest. It doesn't name Silver Thread Campground, so check the source for the area it covers.
Closures and dangerous conditions on roads, bridges, and trails from flooding
Agency closure covering Rio Grande National Forest · USFS · Rio Grande National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Rio Grande National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
- At 9,719 ftHigh camp: expect cold nights, even in summer
- Divide Ranger DistrictRio Grande National Forest
Silver Thread Campground is a Forest Service campground in the Divide Ranger District of Colorado's Rio Grande National Forest. It's a base for exploring the Divide area of the forest, which is managed by the Forest Service. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show July highs around 72°F with lows near 40°F, while winter highs stay in the mid-30s. That station sits a few hundred feet below the campground, so temperatures at Silver Thread may run slightly cooler. Bristol Head Campground is less than a mile away, and North Clear Creek Campground is about a mile off. The So Cl Cr Falls Nature hike lies roughly 1.3 miles away. Paddlers can reach North Clear Creek, about 3 miles from the campground.
Local outfitters
- Highlander13 mi away
- Grizzly RT RV Park15 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Bristol Head CampgroundCamping0.8 mi
- North Clear Creek CampgroundCamping1.1 mi
So Cl Cr Falls NatureHikingPhoto: waterarchives, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)1.3 mi
Crooked Creek Dispersed AreaCampingPhoto: cogdogblog — CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)2.5 mi- North Clear CreekCanoeing3.1 mi
- Clear CreekCanoeing3.5 mi
- Willow CreekHiking3.7 mi
- Road Canyon Boat RampLake fishing4.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Highlander RV CampgroundCamping · ~23 min drivePhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Cataract GulchCamping · ~27 min drivePhoto: Mitchtobin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Henson Creek RV ParkCamping · ~28 min drivePhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Palisades Horse CampCamping · ~33 min drive
Blue Creek Lodge & RV ParkCamping · ~34 min drivePhoto: Tim Engleman from Saxonburg, PA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Crooked Creek Dispersed AreaCamping · ~4 min drivePhoto: cogdogblog — CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- River HillCamping · ~14 min drive
Mountain Views at Rivers Edge RV ParkCamping · ~23 min drivePhoto: Michael Harbour, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Bristol Head CampgroundCamping · ~1 min drive
- North Clear Creek CampgroundCamping · ~2 min drive
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Best time to visit Silver Thread Campground
Best months: June and September. 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
35° / 2°
7 wet
Feb
36° / 3°
7 wet
Mar
42° / 12°
7 wet
Apr
48° / 19°
7 wet
May
58° / 27°
8 wet
Jun
68° / 34°
7 wet
Jul
72° / 40°
15 wet
Aug
70° / 39°
15 wet
Sep
64° / 33°
11 wet
Oct
55° / 23°
7 wet
Nov
43° / 13°
5 wet
Dec
34° / 2°
7 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Santa Maria Rsvr, CO, 2.6 mi away at 9,687 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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