Forest Road 130

FR130 has an abundance of options. For views, make the first right turn when you reach the information sign. There are a few sites with great views of the surrounding mountains. If you need more space for a big rig, stay on 130 and large sites open up on the right hand side of the road. To get away from everyone, stay on 130 until the intersection with 130S and go left (south) to the lodgepole flats area. Lots of wide open sites and nobody goes that far back. There are no bugs and it is incredibly quiet. At night you have incredible starry skies. Very little wildlife around but be mindful of bears and store coolers appropriately. There is an abundance of wood for fires but no water nearby. Tons of great hiking in this area and lakes for water sports.

Stunningly beautiful dispersed camping at its best. To find the most precious spot you need to get to Forest service Road 130 S as in South. There is a forest service ranger station on the south side of Leadville where you can get a motor vehicle use map MVUM. But even without a map the roads are marked. 130 starts near Highway 24 on the west side across from massive lakes, near a large bank of mailboxes. You'll see a sign asking you to respect the private property owners rights. Just keep going up the hill and you will find the forest service signage indicating the public lands. Many people don't go much further. But the truly spectacular sites are a couple miles further. The roads are narrow and steep but manageable. Keep going down 130 until you reach an intersection with 130A and 130 B, A goes north and B goes south. But keep going till you reach a T intersection. 160 goes north and 130 S goes south. Go left, south till you reach a slightly challenging switch back. Just on the other side of the switchback is a wide open space with room for many rigs including good size trailers. Very quiet with very little traffic of any kind. The Leadville 100 foot race goes right by every August.

Wow, this area has beautiful views! If you get here during the daytime, you might be able to pick a nice spot with a view, but I got in late and parked at any old spot.

The way in was really straight forward, and my Prius had no problem on the BLM road. This road had some bottom out potential, but it was pretty smooth sailing with dirt, and minimal rocks.

I got in late at night, so I don't know how many spots there were. I stayed Friday night and found a spot just fine. I saw one camper van staying the night, and it was very pleasant to stay here.

Just slept here one night while on a trip back to the Midwest.