Remote camping amidst boulder outcroppings
What an amazing place! It deserves more than 5 stars.
The road to this part of Medicine Bow National Forest is interspersed with private land to present some beautiful scenes. This is part of the Trans-American Trail, an off-road route that crosses the country. 2 miles of gravel and 11 miles of dirt roads bring you through cattle at the start(literally... we had to wait for them to move off the road) and rocky boulder outcroppings and across babbling streams. It’s a lot longer drive than you first think because your speed drops slower the further you go. Some of the ruts made by water runoff were jarring even at a snails pace and prompted our 10 mph speed with quick slowdowns quite often. This is an adventurous route that is as much fun as it is beautiful.
Campbell Creek is a small camp with a water hand pump and a vault toilet. The sites are nestled along the creek in varying ways. The free cuts across from one side to the other. Some sites are not set up for trailers or RVs. If you don’t have a tent you could park your camper and move your car to the parking spots at the entrance. We arrived by 2 and had choices but others arrived shortly after. Sitting in site 2, we can’t even see the neighbors- unless someone takes the site directly across from us(it stayed vacant- yes!). For now we will enjoy our space and recover from that drive.
Be sure to wake in the middle of the night and look at the stars. There are no lights out here and the sky lights up.
The Twin Peaks trailhead is just down the road. Head out for a hike and see things up close. Another camper is scouting out elk hunting locations. Hunting season dates might be another thing to check on.
Be sure to have maps- either downloaded or on paper. Cell service ended miles back.
This is an amazing location that will satisfy your adventurous spirit.