Gore Creek Campground in CO -- Campground & RV Camping

Gore Creek Campground is situated six miles east of Vail, Colorado, at an elevation of 8,700 feet along the banks of Gore Creek in White River National Forest. The facility has 16 back-in sites (for RVs up to 35 feet) and eight walk-in tent sites, including an accessible layout. Site amenities include bear-resistant food lockers and four accessible vault toilets. Located near the boundary of the Eagles Nest Wilderness, the campground provides immediate access to wilderness hiking trailheads and connects to the paved Vail Pass/Tenmile Canyon multi-use recreation trail.

Getting there: Travel east on I-70 to Exit 180 for East Vail. Turn right and follow the south frontage road (Bighorn Road) east to the road closure gate at about 2 miles. The campground is on the left just before the gate. For more White River National Forest on the Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger District information visit www.fs.usda.gov/whiteriver or call 970-827-5715.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 25-site campground with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
• Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
• Gore Creek Spring lies 0.2 mi off.
• Keller Mountain stands 4,314 ft above the map pin, 4.8 miles northeast.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
• 8 hike-in sites.

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