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Gordon Gulch Dispersed Area

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Five miles north of Nederland, National Forest System Road (NFSR) 226, commonly known as Gordon Gulch, turns east off of Colorado Highway 72. NFSR 226 intersects other forest roads: NFSR 314, 228, 233 and their off-shoots. There are 15 numbered, designated campsites scattered along the road system…

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Whitney L.

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Reviewed Sep. 10, 2021

decent free camping near Boulder

All in all its a decent* place near Boulder to camp for free and is mostly easy to get to. There are 15 spots that, when we arrived on pre-Labor day Friday afternoon, were almost all taken, no surprise. We saw 1 spot available - site 12 I believe - that we could have taken but decided to kept…

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Rachael S.

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Reviewed Aug. 29, 2021

Great campsite Close to boulder

We loved this campsite. Super close to home for us , yet felt so far away! We had a great campsite with amazing views. We continued driving down Switzerland trail to find our campsite. There were still a decent amount of sites here when we arrived around noon on a Saturday. Need at least AWD for…

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Kelli K.

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Reviewed Jul. 27, 2021

Great views if you can find them!

We lucked out with a south facing spot overlooking the town of Nederland. The unfortunate part of our stay was the group that decided to throw a rave until 6am, disturbing what I can only imagine to be the entire Arapahoe region. Completely uncalled for - and a microphone to go along with a speaker…

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Gordon Gulch Dispersed Area is located in Colorado

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From Nederland, head north on Colorado Highway 72 for five miles and turn east onto NFSR 226 (this turnoff is 1/2 mile north of milepost 37). Numbered campsites are located along NFSR's 226, 314, 228 and 233 and their off-shoots.

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40.02485423 N
105.50195597 W

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decent free camping near Boulder

Great campsite Close to boulder

Great views if you can find them!

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