State Forest State Park in CO -- Campground & RV Camping
State Forest State Park in CO
CampgroundCO State Parks
43 mi from Steamboat Springs
Setting
State Forest State Park sprawls across 70,838 acres in Colorado's Medicine Bow Range near Walden, featuring 52,000 acres of mixed forest including lodgepole pine, Douglas fir, and aspen. The park maintains 187 developed campsites plus 60+ dispersed sites and 15 cabins or yurts, with access to North Michigan Creek Reservoir and 94 miles of trails. North Park offers Colorado's premier moose habitat with over 600 resident moose, plus bighorn sheep, black bears, and elk. Summer and winter recreation includes camping, biking, hiking, snowshoeing, and water activities.
- Moderately separated here.
- Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
- Shipman Mountain stands 2,150 ft above the map pin, 4.4 miles east.
Climate averages
October normals 23–53°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 97 of 100.