Ashley National Forest | Wild Camping

September 16th, 2023 by Life with Spock

Discovered these dispersed campsites in 2021 during an extreme heat wave. What a welcome respite from the heat! Unfortunately, I could only stay a day but I enjoyed it so much I wanted to return. Returned this year after stopping at Dinosaur National Monument. Spent five days here, 9/16/23-9/22/23, hiking and exploring, saw the first aspens turn yellow. Temps ranged mid 50-70 days, mid 30-40 nights. 16-day stay limit, not the usual 14. Mostly hunters this time of year. Campsites were level, clean and had fire rings, although it was too windy to have fires the entire time. There was a kiosk at the turnoff of 191 with maps and two clean vault toilets.

August 28th, 2023 by bmobius

Thank you all this is truly a Gem. 36 foot class A with a tow and no problems. The stars are truly amazing.

June 17th, 2023 by aquagirl50

Beautiful place to camp. Lots of little trees and flowers. Easy to access! I do wish the sites were a little more secluded. However, we will likely be returning.

June 7th, 2023 by instagram.com/grwflwrs

FS road to the overlook. Lots of pulloffs on the road. If you come out to the bald you can see for miles

June 3rd, 2023 by ijdesalinas07

Just yes! This place is wonderful. 4 bars AT&T and 3 of TMobile in the location noted from these GPS coordinates.

July 23rd, 2022 by anarkiah.com

Easy peasy no matter the rig or the weather. I was concerned coming after rain in a prius but the road is hard packed. You will probably have neighbors, but not close—there’s plenty of space here. Fire pits scattered around also.

June 17th, 2022 by ByChance

Great place to camp. Nice and cool. Some cell signal in places.

September 30th, 2021 by cowboybirder

Highway traffic noise ended after dark. Nice spot.

September 9th, 2021 by mowreyx2

This is such a great location! We drove our truck camper right to a sweet spot nestled between some aspen trees and easily leveled our rig. Definitely big rig friendly with lots of space! Highly recommend!

August 14th, 2021 by Lucas_Meets_World

Beautiful wide spread area for wild camping! Some spots have shade, others a great view! There's a pit toilet right off the main road, otherwise no service.

July 15th, 2021 by kelsie.axtell

Really nice spot with lots of spots to choose from with primitive fire rings. Pot toilets at entrance of road. Be forewarned at the very end of road there are some super loud cows that moo aggressively all day and night lol. Other than that very beautiful and private.

June 3rd, 2021 by scott.bruner

fantastic place room for big and small. I'm not sure there is a capacity that's how many spots there are. great views near level ground and a quiet environment

May 31st, 2021 by butterz457

Multiple areas in beautiful wooded areas. very quiet and easy to access. ATV trails around as well.

June 26th, 2020 by michellea318

Great view. Awesome for off grid! Plenty of space

July 15th, 2019 by kirtfrier

Boondocker’s paradise up here off maintained dirt road in Ashley national forest at nearly 8400ft elevation. Tons of primitive campsites with and without fire rings. Road good enough to get RV and/or 5th wheel up, lots of boondockers. Sites hidden in Aspen forest, some with great views of rolling green meadows & summer wild flowers. Recommend but can get a little crowded during peak camping season in summer. About 1hr from dinosaur national monument.