Prior Flat

Summary

Prior Flat Campground offers 15 campsites in a remote location at the foot of the Shirley Mountains. Visitors can enjoy a variety of flora and fauna, excellent hunting opportunities and fishing in Sage Creek. Seasonal use is typically June 1st through November 15th and no horses are allowed.

The Prior Flat Campground has 15 campsites and a vault toilet on about 9 acres. It has one pull-through, picnic tables, fire rings/grills and parking spurs. The campground is located at the foot of the Shirley Mountains, a remote range in a large basin between the Medicine Bow and the Ferris Mountains.

Visitors will enjoy the aspen, limber pine, lodgepole pine, big sagebrush and can view pronghorn, mule deer, elk, coyotes, grouse and golden eagles. The Shirley Mountains offer fantastic hunting opportunities and fishing in Sage Creek.

Typical use season is from June 1st through November 15th because the roads become impassable after heavy rain and snow melt. No horses allowed in campground.