Pingree Road Dispersed Camping

-Moderate to heavy foot traffic -Busy, mostly big groups staying at sites having their own fun but plan ahead for finding a site -Friendly and respectful people -Very well maintained sites, trails, signage, and other infrastructure -I’d recommend at least AWD but 2wd should absolutely be able to go on the main road and access most sites (2-4) wil require awd/4wd

Great area all up Pingree Park Rd. The spots you can stay in without being bothered are all in the first mile or two. Good road, rather washboarded, but go slow and you'll be fine.

The first main area, and the top of the first hill is the best. Two areas of sites, and the one on the left as you go up has access to the rocks on the hill, which are from another world. Best sunset spot by far.

Farther up, there's a road, 127, off to the left with even more spots. The ones at the top of here have a veiw of the mountains on the north side of Estes park: Stormy, Evaline, the Mummy Range, etc.

I came here labor day weekend. Busy af. Be careful driving along the highway to the entrance here the roads are windy and the mountain rocks come pretty close to the road.

When i got to pingree road/forest service road it was dirt/gravel well maintained i drove my toyota prius.

Lots of drive in campsites and a bunch of shoulders where you can park and hike into the campsite which is what i do cause im not a glamping sissy

Poudre canyon near loveland Sights right on Bennett Creek. Once you pass the first cattle grid, the sites start appearing on the left and side of the road. There are easily 10 sites as you head up Crownpoint Road. This is a place to stay from Monday to Thursday and then leave on a Friday as on Friday, we saw countless cars and campers pouring into Poudre Canyon. We were also disturbed by target shooters who came into the area on a Friday afternoon. There are also not many hikes in the area. You need to drive 30 - 45 minutes to find hiking trails. All the hikes seem to go up the mountains rather than along the river. There is no cell service in Poudre Canton.

A number of sites will dot both sides of the road on the way into Pingree (take the CSU mountain campus exit off of Poudre Canyon). Most are good, some are in burn scars. The good ones will require high clearance.