Oh Be Joyful Campground in CO -- Campground & RV Camping in Colorado
Oh Be Joyful Campground in CO
Bureau of Land Management allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Oh Be Joyful Campground sits at 9,000 feet on the east bank of the Slate River, five miles from Crested Butte. The renovated layout includes 14 RV sites, 15 walk-in tent sites, one group site, and three vault restrooms. Each site offers a parking pad, fire ring, picnic table, tent pad, and bear box, though drinking water, hookups, and trash service are not provided. A footbridge crosses the Slate River to access trails along Oh Be Joyful Creek into the Raggeds Wilderness.
Road difficulty 3 of 5 -- a rough drive in. Recorded as maintained only for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 2%.
Mount Emmons stands 3,430 ft above the site, 2.2 miles southwest. Crowded here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 30-site campground. A river runs 0.1 mi off. 16 hike-in sites -- one sits on the water, most of them shaded. The nearest town, Crested Butte, is 4.4 mi off.
September normals 41–67°F, 2.5″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Set by Bureau of Land Management. Stage 1 and 2 orders change within days -- check the current order before you build a fire.
blm.gov