**PLEASE NOTE: The water here contains heavy metals giving the water a distint blue/white color. People and pets should not drink from this water.**

Please bring in drinking water

There are currently thirty designated sites with anticipation of adding more in the coming years. Please note that this area is surrounded by private land parcels and they aren't all marked. Campers must camp at a designated site or will otherwise likely be camping on private property. 

Peru Creek is popular and will fill up on the weekends. Visitors should arrive early to make sure to get a site. The road can be narrow at times but is accessible to normal clearance vehicles. Low-clearance vehicles may have a hard time. Peru Creek Road is a popular place for OHV rentals to visit so drive slow and carefully. AT&T cell service is intermittent at the lower sites (1-8).

Peru Creek Designated Dispersed Camping

There are a ton of spots, but be careful and make sure they're approved. We stopped at one that had a fire ring made from rocks but it wasn't 100' from water. we parked at night so we didn't see the  sign that said it wasn't a legal camping spot, then the next day we got a ticket from a park ranger. It was our fault but just thought I should mention it so others don't make the same mistake. There were several other spots, we just liked the location of this one.  Anyway, tons of tree cover, streams, trails, wild flowers etc. There was also a decent amount of traffic from other campers and off road vehicles/ATV's but if you go farther up the road and then find a spot a little farther from the road, it wont be a big deal.

Lots of room

Most SUVs will be fine on this AWD access road. There's not many difficult sections and since there are pull offs to camp or let others pass, navigating the road isn't much problem.
 

This is a great area to disperse camp if you want to access some great hikes in some backcountry part of Colorado. During the drive of the access road, there will be trail signs for places like Warden Gulch, Chihuahua Gulch, and Cinnamon Gulch. The very end of the road is also where this cool abandoned mine of some kind is located. I've been there before and seen people park in this turnaround area and take motorbikes or horses onto the other side of Peru Creek to explore the mine. You can access it on foot as well. It's totally worth checking out, just explore safely.  
All along this #260 road there are opportunities to pull off and camp. There are established sites all over the place. They can fill up on popular weekends of the year I'm sure. 
There are no toilets, showers, facilities, or waste bins. Pack accordingly to minimize impact. 



Great campgrounds for the adventure hiker

We were able to get up most of the road in a weighed down Pontiac Vibe.

Great basecamp for adventures. We accessed further down the road with our mountain bikes.

Once camping area had a picnic table, most others were typical dispersed camping. There is a super cool mine in the area that you can explore!

OK for slow driving 2wd car

we had a great time staying here. Easy to drive to the camping area &amp; it made a great home base for several 4wd roads in the area. Will totally be back!

Nice dispersed, easy access to lots of stuff, easy to get to! 

Great spot, drove up Friday night and a lot of spots were open. We did have to change site the second night we were there as the park rangers let us know we were too close to the river, but we found another site easily. I have a small 2WD car and it did just fine—4WD cars are needed the further up you go, but the first couple miles are doable for smaller cars. Highly recommend (even if fires are banned).

Accessible for small cars!

Arrived in a Thursday afternoon and found a large wide open spot just before the Chihuahua Gulch trailhead. We have an off-road teardrop trailer with rooftop tent and travelled with another family with rooftop tent and we were able to spread out with plenty of level ground for our vehicles/sleeping quarters. There was a decent amount of traffic as the weekend came and went, but arriving Thursday we had the pick of large spots. Peru Creek was just across the road and we took our chairs over to sit by it one sunny afternoon which was wonderful. LOTS of moose droppings in the area but we never saw any. We loved our spot that had gorgeous 360 views and would love to come back again!

Also, we drive a lifted Ram 1500 and pull the off-road trailer - the road up was a bit sketchy and narrow in places. I worries if we had to pass anyone coming the opposite direction but the one narrow spot that happened, we all survived unscathed, lol. It was good to find plenty of places to turn the trailer around once we got up further in case we couldn’t find anything. That’s always the concern on these roads!

Beautiful spot

This is beautiful camping close to keystone and likewise gets crowded in the summer months. If you want a spot on a weekend, get there early. There are a few pull offs along the road suitable for most cars, but if you have a high clearance 4WD you can go on a few offshoot roads and find more spacious spots. No cell phone signal or water, and frequent fire bans in the summer.

Crowded Camping Near Keystone

Super gorgeous views, pretty easy road up, there is a creek crossing if you want/can make it through as it's deep in the spring and early summer. Can be pretty busy around the weekends but tons of spots usually!

Very beautiful spot! 

Setting is tremendous - mountains all around, open meadows for camping, a creek so clear you can see everything. Lots of OHVs on the road that goes through the dispersed camping. It's not possible to get far enough off the road to stop the dust or noise. 