Junction Creek Campground in CO -- Campground & RV Camping in Colorado

Junction Creek Campground sits on a south-facing hillside of ponderosa pine and gambel oak at 7,300 feet, just outside Durango. The park offers single and double campsites, many with electric hookups, alongside a 50-person group campsite and a 65-person day-use shelter with electricity. Group sites feature serving tables, grills, campfire rings, a volleyball court, and horseshoe pits. Drinking water and vault toilets are provided. The trailhead for the 500-mile Colorado Trail begins nearby, and Junction Creek flows a quarter-mile downhill for fishing.

Road difficulty 2 of 5 -- a moderate drive in. Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, gravel, pitching to 10%, 70% of it on a shelf. Overhead clearance here is posted at 10 ft -- the tightest site sets the limit. Flat ground is scarce -- under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.

Crowded here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 44-site campground. Junction Creek runs 0.1 mi off. Barnes Mountain stands 2,461 ft above the site, 3.0 miles north. Most of them shaded. The nearest town, Durango, is 5.3 mi off.