Cayton Campground in CO -- Campground & RV Camping in Colorado

Cayton Campground sits at 9,400 feet in a grassy meadow of fir and aspen along the Dolores River, right off the San Juan Skyway. The facility features 27 single-family campsites, including 18 with electric hookups and many positioned right on the riverbanks. On-site amenities include picnic tables, campfire rings, drinking water, vault toilets, and a dump station. Anglers fish for trout in the river, while driver routes along Barlow Creek Road cross Bolam Pass. Nearby trails like Lizard Head, Cross Mountain, and the Colorado Trail access alpine basins and surrounding 14,000-foot peaks.

All 1 miles in are maintained for passenger cars. Gravel the whole way in (1 miles).

Flattop Mountain stands 2,762 ft above the site, 2.4 miles southeast. Crowded here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 27-site campground. Dolores River runs 0.1 mi off. Most sites here have an electric hookup -- 19 sit on the water, most of them shaded. The nearest town, Mountain Village, is 13 mi off.