Browns Creek

Great place for dispersed camping in San Isabel. We chose a tent site up 274 at the end of the road late Friday evening. Still plenty of spots available! Recommend the hike to browns lake nearby. Vault toilets at the trailhead if needed. 

Our spot was right off the Colorado trail, lots of thru hikers going by. Originally we had wanted to stay at iron city campground (first come first serve) but all spots were taken. It was a happy mistake because we liked dispersed camping here better 🙂

Peaceful dispersed camping

Dispersed and a great hike to Browns Creek. The farther you drive in the rpigjer the road but still doable. 14ers in view, Mt Princeton and Mt Shivano



Open and beautiful

Very popular in July, but there are plenty of spots. everything is very spread out. 

I was able to get my 25ft rig pretty far up the mountain on road 274A. there was 30-40ft class A in the spot closest to me. lots of vIews of Mt Princeton and Antero

only thing I didn't like is the cows. they roam freely and will come and poop in your campsite. 

large area. lots of spots

Had a blast dispersed camping! Quiet and spaced out plenty of fire rings along the road. Road leads to the Browns creek falls trailhead. At the trailhead there are vault toilets if you’re too good to dig a hole. Awesome hike and amazing time camping. 

360 views

I camped here on 5/23/20. 

Beautiful long road through San Isabel National Forest. There is a 6 mile hike (Brown Creek Falls) down the road as well. The spots near the river were taken so we continued on farther down the road. 

I like this area because there are spots in wide open fields and there are also spots secluded in dense woods. 

Our spot had beautiful sunset and sunrise views. 

Great views

Gorgeous, remote. Dispersed campsites are spread out so you can’t see or hear your neighbors. Great proximity to trailheads and easy to get to. 4x4 not required for the closer sites.

Fantastic

Located in the middle of Salida and Buena Vista, there are a lot of spots in this area. Most of them are very large and can accommodate RVs and trailers. I loved this spot, they are spaced out from each other which makes it quiet and there is plenty of room for multiple cars, trailers and tents. 

  

This is dispersed camping, no facilities, tables or fire pits but free. Spots are managed by the forest service and follow all NFS rules, keep a look out for fire bans as this area is prone to dry spells. Camp spots are easily accessible via a dirt from off of the main highway. Road is in great shape and any car can make it. 

  

Close by you will find great hiking trails and mountain biking and not far from the spots are some 14ers to hike. Browns Creek trail is right off of the road and a very pretty hike. Salida and Buena Vista are about 20 minutes away if you need to go into town for food or to check out some great breweries.

easy access campspot

Nice dispersed camping in a national forest near browns Creek Falls Trailhead. There is a ton of spots to pull off and camp nestled in a beautiful pine forest. The spots were pretty level and the road out there was gravel but nice. Great cell service and spots were pretty far from each other. If it looks full keep driving chances are there's more spots further down the road. Best part is it's FREE! Definitely suggest brown creeks falls as a hike very beautiful! 

Nice dispersed camping in a national forest

The first spots you'll find will be filled with massive RVs and big rigs and large groups looking for a party in the forest since it is so easy to get to. If you want to push on further, take the road to the left and keep going just past the Browns Creek Trailhead and over the creek. It gets quieter and prettier (and a little harder to get to). Great MTB rides near here and quick into Buena Vista and Salida.

Does the Trick

I camped two sites back from the trailhead loop. Hiked both days and enjoyed the access and privacy of the sites. Some atv activity along the access road, but not bad really. Clean vault toilet @ Brown Creek TH.

Private Sites, Close to Trailhead

This isn’t one of those horribly loud OHV spots. There are tons of dispersed spots along these trails and many are spread out from one another. Didn’t get to camp next to water, but this is the next best.

Quiet Spot, Peak Views

I stopped at Browns Creek for one night on my Way to Salida. I set up in the dark because I got there so late but was still able to enjoy a bright full moon lit sky the coyotes chirping in the background and woke up to some incredible views￼￼

Browns creek midnight memories

We came down from Boulder to find a great little spot off of 274A! Off of HWY 285 between Poncha Springs and Buena Vista, we took County Road 270W for ~ 1.5 miles to a 4-way intersection and continued .... the road changes to FR 272 and we stayed on for another few miles until FR 274 split to the right. Our site was off 274A and had great views.

great dispersed area

The drive from the app was spot on. Open cattle coming through the campground was a surprise, but overall nice spot we had near the creek. Bugs were a little much but that’s okay. 