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Spring Creek Campground, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
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| | Such a wonderful selection of attractions and such a wonderful variety of outdoors recreation are sure to keep you coming back over and over. Spring Creek Campground is a wonderful camp ground to use as a base while enjoying the San Juan Mountains.
Everybody must go camping for a couple of days every now and then, and Spring Creek Campground in Colorado is the outdoors at its greatest. This campground is always a diversion. Going for a hike on the Cebolla Trail is always a glorious adventure, and if you come at the right time of year, Rio Grande offers |
some great whitewater. There is so much exciting stuff in the vicinity of Spring Creek Campground, and to be here is always fun.
This is such a fun spot for a campground. Spring Creek Campground is pretty dried up frequently; August is the wettest month with most rain while
| February is mostly the driest month. A visit to San Juan National Forest revives the soul, and don't leave Spring Creek Campground without first going for a hike along the McKenzie Stock Driveway.
There's just no way anyone can get bored here at Spring Creek Campground. There are great places to look at along the Rough Creek Trail, and a nice place is Spring Creek Pass.
This place, the San Juan Mountains, has so much outdoors cool stuff. There's delightful hiking along the Long Ridge Stock Driveway; there's whitewater on Henson Creek for all you | |
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adrenaline rush seekers. This part of Colorado is always a diversion to take a look at throughout camping season. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Spring Creek Campground; Bondholder Trail is a brilliant local trail, and whitewater paddling is not for everyone but if it's
for you then, we recommend Lake Fork Gunnison River.
High temperatures at Spring Creek Campground throughout the summer are in the 70's, and the nighttime is quite cooler of course, mostly in the 40's. The cold days of the wintertime come with highs in the 30's, and during
the dark hours in the winter at Spring Creek Campground temperatures descend to the-10's.
There's more to do in close proximity to Spring Creek Campground other than just hanging out such as fishing, whitewater paddling, swimming, and hiking, so you won’t get bored. If you
go for the outdoors you'll go for it here in the San Juan Mountains. There are other spots here than Spring Creek Campground, for example Regan Lake, and getting to Rambouillet Creek from Spring Creek Campground is uncomplicated.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 37.94056
Longitude: -107.15889
The Water Wheel Inn, Gunnison
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34 miles away
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Rodeway Inn Gunnison, Gunnison
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35 miles away
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Outdoors Recreation Near Durango, Colorado
Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Durango, Colorado, the metro area neareast to Spring Creek Campground. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more.
More Hotels and Campgrounds Near Spring Creek Campground, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
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| | Camp Grounds Near Spring Creek Campground:
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Deer Lakes Campground, Hinsdale County
, 5 miles away |
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Slumgullion Pass Campground, Hinsdale County
, 5 miles away |
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North Clear Creek Campground, Hinsdale County
, 6 miles away |
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South Clear Creek Falls Campground, Hinsdale County
, 6 miles away |
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Spruce Campground, Hinsdale County
, 7 miles away |
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Cebolla Campground, Hinsdale County
, 7 miles away |
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River Fork Camper Park, Lake City
, 8 miles away |
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| | Hotels Near Spring Creek Campground:
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Silver Spur Motel, Lake City
, 12 miles away |
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Matterhorn Motel, Lake City
, 12 miles away |
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Old Firehouse Bed & Breakfast, Creede
, 17 miles away |
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Willow Creek Cabins, Creede
, 17 miles away |
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Snowshoe Motel, Creede
, 17 miles away |
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Lake Fork Resort, Gunnison
, 30 miles away |
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The Water Wheel Inn, Gunnison
, 34 miles away |
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| | Ski Areas Near Spring Creek Campground:
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Kendall Mountain, Colorado
, 32 miles away, 400 vertical feet |
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Wolf Creek, Colorado
, 36 miles away, 1604 vertical feet |
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Silverton, Colorado
, 36 miles away, 3000 vertical feet |
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Telluride, Colorado
, 48 miles away, 3530 vertical feet |
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Durango, Colorado
, 48 miles away, 2029 vertical feet |
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Irwin Lodge, Colorado
, 52 miles away, 2100 vertical feet |
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Crested Butte, Colorado
, 54 miles away, 3062 vertical feet |
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Monarch, Colorado
, 65 miles away, 1171 vertical feet |
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Aspen Highlands, Colorado
, 71 miles away, 3635 vertical feet |
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Hesperus Ski Center, Colorado
, 71 miles away, 700 vertical feet |
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| | Whitewater Near Spring Creek Campground:
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Rio Grande, Hinsdale
County
, 10 miles away, Class III-IV - 8 miles long (Rio Grande Reservoir to 12 miles above Creede) |
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Lake Fork Gunnison River, Hinsdale/Gunnison
County
, 12 miles away, Class III - 3.6 miles long (Lake City Town Run) |
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Henson Creek, Hinsdale
County
, 15 miles away, Class IV-V - 6.7 miles long (Above Nellie Creek to 1/2 mile from Lake City) |
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Lake Fork Gunnison River, Hinsdale/Gunnison
County
, 23 miles away, Class IV-V - 5 miles long (Redbridge to Blue Mesa Reservoir) |
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Cebolla River, Gunnison
County
, 24 miles away, Class II - 10 miles long (Highway 149 to Blue Mesa Reservoir) |
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| | Trails Near Spring Creek Campground:
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Cebolla Trail, Hinsdale County
, 6 miles away |
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Rough Creek Trail, Hinsdale County
, 7 miles away |
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McKenzie Stock Driveway, Mineral County
, 11 miles away |
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Long Ridge Stock Driveway, Mineral County
, 12 miles away |
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Bondholder Trail, Hinsdale County
, 13 miles away |
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Skyline Trail, Hinsdale County
, 14 miles away |
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Devils Hole Trail, Saguache County
, 15 miles away |
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