Meadows Campground in CO -- Campground & RV Camping

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Meadows Campground in CO

CampgroundUSFS

8.9 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 9,289 ft

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Open 7/1-12/1
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AT&TWEAK
T-MobileNONE
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Road Access

Moderate
  • All 0.9 miles of this road are maintained for passenger-car comfort, gravel the whole way.
Vault toilets

Campground details

31 sitesNo water hookupsFires allowed

Setting

Little privacy

Meadows Campground sits at 9,300 feet near the top of Rabbit Ears Pass along the Continental Divide in the Routt National Forest. Located outside Steamboat Springs, the site is surrounded by spruce, fir, and lodgepole pine forest. It offers 30 campsites with a mix of pull-through, back-in, and walk-in tent layouts. On-site amenities include vault toilets and garbage services. Local streams provide fishing, while nearby Forest Service roads and trails offer direct access to mountain biking and hiking routes.

Getting there: Directions from Steamboat Springs, CO: Travel 15 miles southeast of Steamboat Springs on US Highway 40 to Rabbit Ears Pass. The Campground is located on the south side of the highway, on Forest Road 297 near the west summit of the pass.

  • Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 31-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Sits on broad, near-level ground.
  • Walton Peak stands 1,257 ft above the map pin, 1.9 miles southeast.
  • Most of them shaded.

Rules

  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 28–51°F, 3.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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Starlink Radar

Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy

Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 98 of 100.

Tree cover23%30m sat. est.