The Red Creek Group Site is surrounded by national forests and parklands, providing a perfect outdoor escape for nature-lovers and outdoor-enthusiasts. Visitors can observe a variety of wildlife, hike the Dillon Pinnacles Trail, and fish for brown, rainbow, and Mackinaw trout and Kokanee salmon. Recreational vehicles over 22" are not reccomended at this group camp site.
Hikers may enjoy the Dillon Pinnacles Trail for views of spires formed by erosional forces working volcanic debris. The trail is a lollipop of about 4 miles.
Anglers can enjoy fishing for brown, rainbow, and Mackinaw trout and Kokanee salmon. The population of Kokanee salmon is denser at Blue Mesa Reservoir than anywhere else in the country.
This is a group camping site for a minimum of 9 people and a maximum of 20 people. Recreation vehicles over 22'' not reccomended.
“This area is characterized by semi-arid shrubland with large cottonwood trees lining the campground. Red Creek flows out of the West Elk Mountains, through this campground, and into Blue Mesa Reservoir. By mid to late summer, the creek is low enough for wading. Some small fish inhabit the deeper pools.”
Blue Mesa connects to the Morrow Point Reservoir, which flows down to the more isolated Crystal Reservoir. The passage of the Gunnison River is marked by the steep, narrow cliffs of the Black Canyon.
The Cimarron Canyon Rail Exhibit features a display of an old-fashioned locomotive at the last remaining railroad trestle in the Black Canyon on the Gunnison route. The bonus is picture-perfect access to the tallest cliffs in the canyon.
The Red Creek Road, which passes by the campground, provides access to national forest lands where hiking abounds.
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Nearby Campgrounds | Distance | Notification Rate |
East Elk Creek Group Campsite
Curecanti National Recreation Area
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3.7mi | — |
Elk Creek
Curecanti National Recreation Area
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3.7mi | 67% |
Lake Fork
Curecanti National Recreation Area
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5.2mi | 67% |
Soap Creek
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre And Gunnison National Forest
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6.0mi | 92% |
Stevens Creek
Curecanti National Recreation Area
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7.7mi | — |
Cimarron (Co)
Curecanti National Recreation Area
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17.3mi | — |