Mill Creek Campground, San Juan Mountains, Colorado

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The Ridge Stock Driveway offers hiking at its best; Henson Creek has a perfect whitewater paddling spot nearby. These mountains rock, just explore all the cool stuff to do in the San Juan Mountains. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Mill Creek Campground; Big Blue Trail is a brilliant local trail, and the great people of Lake City like to hang out nearby.
Throughout the days of summer at Mill Creek Campground highs are regularly in the 70's. Once the sun
    is down it descends down to the 50's. Highs during the winter are mostly in the 30's, and winter nights come with lows in the 10's to Mill Creek Campground. If you like the outdoors, you won’t be dissatisfied; there's hiking, and whitewater paddling, so it's completely out of the
question to get bored. This camp ground is one of the delightful places to camp here in the San Juan Mountains.
Not much precipitation falls here at Mill Creek Campground; the wettest month of the year is frequently August, that's the one that rains the most, and June is when it's the driest. This is truly a good campground. Hiking along the Fall Creek Trail is good fun, and San Juan National Forest is a pretty place any time of year.
Mill Gulch is next to Mill Creek Campground and is a good spot; it's a fine idea to visit Bent Creek. Mill Creek
 
Campground is a popular spot with people from Lake City. You definitely must fancy the San Juan Mountains. Mill Creek Campground is right by the West Fork Trail, and paddling on Rio Grande is so much fun.
You've gotta get out, and Mill Creek Campground in Colorado is a really tremendous site to spend some time. The surroundings of this campground have such a vast number of things to offer. Places like Ridgway State Park are great to go to.
At Mill Creek Campground cool stuff to do is plentiful, and camping is such a fun thing to do, and this is a tremendous site to do that. The good pick of local attractions, and such an incredible array of things to do will undeniably have you coming back many times.
This is no place for people who don’t like to have a good time. Really splendid skiing awaits you at Kendall Mountain; whitewater paddling is pleasant on Lake Fork Gunnison River.

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Latitude: 37.90583
Longitude: -107.38889

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These outdoors activities are available near Mill Creek Campground.
 Camp Grounds Near Mill Creek Campground:
Lost Trail Campground, Hinsdale County , 8 miles away
Lake City Campground, Lake City , 8 miles away
River Fork Camper Park, Lake City , 10 miles away
Castle Lakes Campground Resort, Lake City , 10 miles away
Highlander RV Campground, Lake City , 10 miles away
Riverfork Campground, Lake City , 10 miles away
Slumgullion Pass Campground, Hinsdale County , 12 miles away
 Hotels Near Mill Creek Campground:
Silver Spur Motel, Lake City , 8 miles away
Matterhorn Motel, Lake City , 9 miles away
Wyman Hotel & Inn, Silverton , 20 miles away
Smedley's Suites, Silverton , 20 miles away
Alpine House, Silverton , 20 miles away
Grand Imperial Hotel, Silverton , 20 miles away
Silverton Hostel, Silverton , 20 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Mill Creek Campground:
Kendall Mountain, Colorado , 16 miles away, 400 vertical feet
Silverton, Colorado , 20 miles away, 3000 vertical feet
Telluride, Colorado , 32 miles away, 3530 vertical feet
Durango, Colorado , 33 miles away, 2029 vertical feet
Wolf Creek, Colorado , 47 miles away, 1604 vertical feet
Hesperus Ski Center, Colorado , 57 miles away, 700 vertical feet
Irwin Lodge, Colorado , 60 miles away, 2100 vertical feet
Crested Butte, Colorado , 62 miles away, 3062 vertical feet
Aspen Highlands, Colorado , 79 miles away, 3635 vertical feet
Buttermilk, Colorado , 80 miles away, 2030 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Mill Creek Campground:
Henson Creek, Hinsdale County , 7 miles away, Class IV-V - 6.7 miles long (Above Nellie Creek to 1/2 mile from Lake City)
Lake Fork Gunnison River, Hinsdale/Gunnison County , 10 miles away, Class III - 3.6 miles long (Lake City Town Run)
Rio Grande, Hinsdale County , 16 miles away, Class III-IV - 8 miles long (Rio Grande Reservoir to 12 miles above Creede)
Mineral Creek - South, -blank- County , 22 miles away, Class V+ - 0.5 miles long (Above South Mineral Camp Ground)
Vallecito Creek, La Plata County , 24 miles away, Class V+ - 1 miles long (1 mile above Vallecito Campground)
 National Parks Near Mill Creek Campground:
Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park, Gunnison - CO , 61 miles away
Curecanti National Recreation Area, Gunnison - CO , 61 miles away
 Trails Near Mill Creek Campground:
Big Blue Trail, Hinsdale County , 11 miles away
Ridge Stock Driveway, Ouray County , 12 miles away
Ridge Stock Driveway, Gunnison County , 12 miles away
West Fork Trail, Ouray County , 14 miles away
Fall Creek Trail, Hinsdale County , 14 miles away
Little Cimarron Trail, Hinsdale County , 16 miles away
Cow Creek Trail, Ouray County , 16 miles away

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