There’s a ton of dispersed camping near Telluride in both Uncompahgre and San Juan National Forests. You can only camp here for 7 nights instead of the typical 14 nights at national forest campgrounds. It gets very crowded in summer, especially with day-use visitors, although it tends to be fairly quiet at night.
Priest Lake no longer allows RVs or trailers. The walk-in sites offer a little more privacy than the drive-in sites. Although it’s not much of a swimming lake, the lakeside campsites are still nice.
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This free camping area is beautiful and very close to Telluride. Although the road is doable for small trailers and RVs, both types of rigs are no longer allowed to camp here.Īlthough the lake itself is little more than a bog, the surrounding scenery is extremely beautiful – especially during the fall when the aspens turn lovely hues of yellow and orange. The road is moderately rough, but passable with any passenger vehicle. Turn off Highway 145 onto Priest Lake Road (FR 64B) about 12.5 miles south of Telluride to reach these campsites. Each campsite is marked and has a picnic table and fire ring. These designated dispersed campsites are spaced quite far apart so you still have plenty of privacy from your neighbors. You must now camp in one of 9 designated dispersed campsites – but this is no reason not to visit. Like many very popular dispersed camping areas, you’re unfortunately no longer allowed to set up camp anywhere you please. Priest Lake stands out as one of the best places for dispersed camping near Telluride.
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