U.S. Forest Service · Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG · Colorado

Grandview Campground

Grandview Campground is a small, tents-only facility with nine campsites. It is located near the west end of Long Draw Reservoir with views of the reservoir and Rocky Mountain National Park. There is a common parking area for all the sites with paths to the individual walk-in campsites. Vegetation varies from open grass to conifers. Each site has a tent pad, picnic table and fire grate. The most popular activity in the area is fishing but it also provides access to hiking opportunities in the nearby Neota Wilderness and National Park.

Closed for the seasonFirst-come, first-served

More like this: first-come in Colorado

1fire
active
Magic Feather Broadcast Rx (prescribed burn) · 22 mi away
Interagency incident data as of 2026-10-16
Incident details ↓

Season & status

StatusClosed for the season. Forest Service sites close for the season; check the official page for the reopening date.
ForestArapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG
FeesCheck our campground table for fee information. Fees are half-price when water is off. Interagency Senior, Interagency Access, Golden Age and Golden Access passes provide cardholders half price for basic campground fees.
RulesA single site may hold up to eight people. Tents must fit on the pads provided. Shared parking spaces provided separate from the campsites. No overnight camping is allowed on the opposite shoreline (which is inside Rocky Mountain National Park) or adjoining shoreline.

Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Grandview Campground10°20°30°40°50°60°January: 1.72 inches of precipitationFebruary: 2.53 inches of precipitationMarch: 1.84 inches of precipitationApril: 2.65 inches of precipitationMay: 2.30 inches of precipitationJune: 1.66 inches of precipitationJuly: 2.35 inches of precipitationAugust: 2.07 inches of precipitationSeptember: 1.89 inches of precipitationOctober: 2.04 inches of precipitationNovember: 1.66 inches of precipitationDecember: 1.59 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 15.8°F averageFebruary: 17.5°F averageMarch: 25.0°F averageApril: 32.3°F averageMay: 40.9°F averageJune: 50.2°F averageJuly: 56.3°F averageAugust: 54.8°F averageSeptember: 47.7°F averageOctober: 36.1°F averageNovember: 24.9°F averageDecember: 17.0°F average0 in1 in2 in3 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Gould 4Se Sfsp, 11 miles from the campground at 9,000 feet, station USC00053446 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 24 inches a year.

Getting there

Drive 10 miles north of Fort Collins on U.S. Highway 287. Turn left (west) onto Colorado Highway 14. Travel approximately 51 miles and turn left (south) onto Long Draw Road (National Forest System Road 156). Drive 12 miles to campground.

Coordinates40.4928° N, 105.8055° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Magic Feather Broadcast Rx

    22 mi from the campground

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

Dump stationDump station ↗15.8 mi
Outdoor gearNever Summer Mountain Products ↗16.7 mi
RV sales & serviceManhattan RV & Trailer ↗39 mi

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Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule or photos in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.

Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.

Explore

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 1.1 mi
    Neota Creek
    1.6 mi trail · hiking, horse
  • 1.2 mi
    Long Draw ↗
    13.1 mi trail · snowmobile, snowshoe, ski
  • 2.5 mi
    Corral Creek
    1.3 mi trail · hiking, horse
  • 3.1 mi
    Trap Park ↗
    6 mi trail · hiking, horse, snowshoe, ski
  • 3.6 mi
    Thunder Pass
    0.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 4.1 mi
    Big South ↗
    10.8 mi trail · hiking, horse

Trailheads within three miles

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

This campground sits inside Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness.

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.

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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Grandview Campground?

No. Grandview Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service

How much does it cost to camp at Grandview Campground?

Check our campground table for fee information. Fees are half-price when water is off. Interagency Senior, Interagency Access, Golden Age and Golden Access passes provide cardholders half price for basic campground fees.

Source: Forest Service

Is Grandview Campground open right now?

Closed for the season as of Oct 16, 2026.

Source: Forest Service status

What if Grandview Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Long Draw Campground (2.5 mi, first-come), Chambers Lake (7.4 mi), and Rocky Mountain National Park Timber Creek Campground (8.2 mi).

Source: Campgrounds nearby