Needle Creek Reservoir Camping Area

Grand Mesa Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests

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Unnamed Road Gunnison, CO 81230 970-641-0471 970-874-6600 Official Website

GPS: 38.353, -106.5592

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Overview of Needle Creek Reservoir Camping Area

Accessibility is not guaranteed, always scout ahead before driving down dirt roads. Learn more: Boondocking 101

Please close all gates (they are there to keep livestock in, not humans out).

Campers are required to store food and other items in a hard sided vehicle or camping unit constructed of solid non-pliable material. Learn more

Last Price Paid: $0

Reported by TASCPA on 7/21/2023

Longest RV Reported: 33 feet (Travel Trailer)

Reported by TASCPA on 7/21/2023

Pad Type dirt

Open Seasonally Opens in June

Elevation 8,825 ft / 2,689 m

Max Stay 14

Tent Camping Yes

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GPS: 38.353, -106.5592 View on Google Maps

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TASCPA

3 reviews

“Pretty area, limited camping”

Reviewed 7/21/2023

Nightly rate:	FREE!
Days stayed:	0
Site Number:	n/a
RV Length:	33' (Travel Trailer)

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We just visited, didn't stay. There is in fact a flowing river crossing the road. Was 8-10 inches high and the bottom was all large-ish rock. Bathrooms clean. There is a large area for RVs before you cross the river in the road. But the lake is a hike uphill/downhill, maybe a half mile. The best campsite is by the lake. Looks like only one RV would be very level but could fit maybe 3. At the far end there is a very large fairly flat area, right next to a few trailheads. You can't see the lake from there but you are close. LOTS of fish in the lake I was told. Road to the lake isn't terrible, most of it is well maintained. Sections are a bit rougher but doable pulling a trailer

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Megan

Albuquerque, NM

1 review

Reviewed 6/6/2022

Nightly rate:	FREE!
Days stayed:	2
Site Number:	781.2E

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Dirt road to creek was well maintained and pretty level. The main road to the reservoir crosses the creek without a bridge and the water was 14 inches high in the middle and the creek was about 20 feet wide - we couldn't do this in our sedan. There is a campsite at the creek ford which could accommodate 10 or so large RVs in one or two groups. At the campsite we stayed at, there is a road which ends in a gate to private land and a trail for ATVs (<50in wide). Volunteer staffed pit toilet was clean and stocked at the ford site, and there was one picnic table at the ford site and maybe two or three large rock fire pits. This area was pretty large, flat, and mostly dirt to the forest edges.

The "needle" is a really neat rock formation you can see from the creek ford campsite.

National forest land so 14 day camping limit.

The spot we stayed was a clean, flat site with lots of room for tents or RVs (maybe 2 large RVs). Grasses covered most of the site. Very quiet, no light pollution, in a healthy aspen glen. The creek is more than 100 yards away and a bushwack through rose bushes.

From where we were, there was no trail or footpath to the reservoir. We forded the creek on foot and walked the road a bit, but it's not easy to access the reservoir from that lower site.

You need to drive about an hour to get to cell service (we have google fi)

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Megan would stay here again

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Paige

2022-02-05 07:51:18 -0800

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2022-06-06 09:43:48 -0700

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Needle Creek Reservoir Camping Area

Grand Mesa Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests