Redfeather Ranger Station in CO -- Campground & RV Camping

Located at 8,200 feet in a meadow between Dowdy Lake and West Lake, the Redfeather Ranger Station offers historic cabin lodging 46 miles northwest of Fort Collins. The site features the spacious three-room Ranger Cabin—built by the CCC in 1937—and the two-bedroom Assistant Ranger Cabin. Both furnished cabins include full indoor kitchens and bathrooms. Outdoor amenities feature propane grills, picnic tables, a fire ring, a horseshoe pit, and an adjacent visitor center. Nearby lakes allow low-speed boating and trout fishing.

Getting there: The Redfeather Ranger Cabin is located off the west side of Dowdy Lake Road in the unincorporated town of Red Feather Lakes in Larimer County, Colorado and about 46 miles northwest of Fort Collins, CO. The Forest Service access road into the station is approximately 1/4 mile north of the intersection of Dowdy Lake Road and W County Road 74E / Red Feather Lakes Road (just past the Red Feather Supermarket and Rock Shop).

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 2-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• The West Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
• Cabins and shelters rather than pads, with 2 on the water and most of them shaded.
• North Bald Mountain stands 2,725 ft above the map pin, 6.8 miles west.

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