Mesa Verde National Park Boundary (BLM Land)

15 designated dispersed campsites. Sites 7 and 13(I believe) had a secondary “A” site. So I guess 17 total if you don’t mind being a little closer. Overall most of the sites had good privacy, far enough off the highway were there wasn’t much noise. Road is pretty well maintained.

There are 15 campsites. At the end of the trail is a turnaround. The sites are relatively large. Any vehicle could get up here without any problem. We stayed in site seven and had great views of the mountains.

Just off the road, awesome view and nice camp sites.

This is a very accessible area. Spots are big and private. Clean 15 total spot so you're sure to find one.

This is a nice location close to Messa Verde. This is our second visit to this location.

Road is typical blm rocky dirt road. I think a 2wd car could probally do it. No issue for suv or van. Verizon signal is okay, weak but can surf and watch videos. Spots are spread out. Some cool visuals through the trees but not a great view overall. The little bugs are annoying but dont bite.

For iPhone users use google maps. Or it will take you to a dead end private road. This site is also two other names on here also! 15 sites and lots of open spots on a Saturday evening.

Area is buggy and dusty but great views of the rocks and secluded!

Camped at site #11. Beautiful sunset view. We drove a 4WD truck with truck bed camper with no problem. Never took it out of 2WD.

17 spots all pretty spaced out, filled up around 5pm on Sunday October 12 (but this could be due to the Indigenous Peoples day being tomorrow).

The surrounding landscape is beautiful.

We didn’t find the road too bad in our Ram Promaster, but we have a pretty high clearance.

The only reason I give this place a 3 is because of the close proximity to Mesa Verde NP. This stay is only for high clearance vehicles and small RV's. Deep drain ditches between service road and sites. All sites are extremely uneven. Also the road and sites have sharp crushed shale stone. I have a 35 foot 5th RV and was way too big for this place. But by the grace of God I managed to back into site 12. Had to use planks to shore up the ditches so I could get in without bottoming out. I will not return.

This is a great spot, but there are only 15 sites, then it turns in to gated off private property. Get there early to help make sure you can find a spot.

This was such a nice spot super close to Mesa Verde national park. It was about a 5 minute drive from the park entrance. The road was a little bumpy at places and some of the spots were rutted up but any vehicle could navigate it if they are careful.

Great place, but the coordinates are wrong . Using Google maps and it took us to town. Had to look at the map to get there.

A perfect spot! Got a beautiful view, a feeling of privacy and nature. Road was comfortable and we had no problems with our private.

Part of Chutes and Ladders. We stayed on site 9, 2024.05.20. The spot is huge. You hear the highway below but that dies down at night. Fantastc views of Mesa Verde.

Closed road

This place is incredible! Probably really crowded during peak season, but we had no trouble finding a spot at 10:30pm. We woke up to gorgeous views! The National Park was five minutes away.

So close to Mesa Verde and free! This area is called Chutes and Ladders. Each spot has a little pull in and firepit. Lots of bees! But they didn't sting.

We were lucky and found a spot, there are probably 10-15 camp spots in there and only one was available. Guess that’s the one downside of some of these blm spots. Also keep in mind these are pretty small spots, large rvs might not be able to make it in. Great views of Mesa verde and the temp was super nice. Would definitely come back here again.

Arrived at 5pm on a Sunday night, most spots were taken and I think I snagged the last one which didn't have a great view. Areas with no site marking had posts that stated no motor vehicles. Some trash at my site. But if you get there early enough to snag the good spots the view looks incredible!

I started my trip to Mesa Verde NP not quite sure where I was going to camp for the night.  I entertained the idea of spending the night inside the park, at the sad, overpriced campground there.  Once I discovered they wanted north of 40 bucks for a tent site, I moseyed my way down the hill to this sick little dispersed campground.  You can't beat the price (free) and there were plenty of sites to choose from, even during Labor Day week.

I believe the BLM calls this site "Chutes & Ladders".  There are 15 or 16 sites available, and unlike a lot of other dispersed camping I've come across, this doesn't seem to be a place where people come to party.  It was quiet and there was a lot of space between sites.  Plenty of room for trailers if that's your thing.  Great place to spend the night!

The turn off (county road 34) is literally 1.5 miles from then turn into the park. The views of the mountains, and the park, from the campsites are amazing!

Great dispersed camping near Mesa Verde. Tons of marked sites along the road. The road gets a little rougher the further you go in. It’s about a 10min drive to Walmart. The only downside is the dust but that is to be expected.

This is a good free spot near Mesa Verde, but if it is closed check out the many BLM spots on road 316 off the highway, barely West of Target Tree Campground slightly East of Mancos.

This campsite was beautiful, easy to get to, and close to town. The temperature was low, but enough blankets and you’d be fine. The view of the rock formations was nice, and the distance to town and Mesa Verde is unrivaled.

We got here just after midnight on a Sunday night, the first 6 sites were taken but the seventh was available (I didn't check to see how many were beyond ours) the site had a nice flat spot for our tent and a nice fire ring. There is a rest area about a mile away which made it nice when we needed to go number 2. I would definitely camp here again.

4 min drive from park entrance! after visiting the park this was a awesome place to camp for the night! It was a bumpy drive in but not bad, lots of obvious dispersed sites where people have camped. Nice and open beautiful place to look at the stars I’m sure if there wasn’t a dust storm!! As soon as we started to cook dinner we had to very quickly!! hop in the van cause the dust just suddenly started blowing in! Even through that it was still so cool to watch and listen to all the I’m sure pounds of sands hit the side of our van and at some points we could barely see out the windows!! Good thing we didn’t set up our tent cause it would have blown away for sure! Long story short; be careful! So nice out there though

Great dispersed, free camping 5 minutes from mesa Verde, and 10 minutes from Cortez.

Area is closed for wildlife management. There are no dispersed camping sites available near Mesa Verde until June-ish

These dispersed campsites were recommended to us and they did not disappoint! Secluded dry camping spots with great views of the monuments.