About this campground
The Big Meadows Boating site is a 600 acre impoundment. It offers a small boat ramp, restroom, parking lot. Motorboats are allowed but must contol excessive wakes. Ice fishing is possible in the winter which can be accessed via snowmobile or cross-country skis on Big Meadows Road.
Getting there
Directions from Del Norte, Colorado: Travel 27.5 miles west on U.S. Highway 160 to Forest Road # 410. Take FR # 410 west for 1.4 miles to "Y" intersection (Forest Rd. 410). Bear right onto Rd. 430 and go 0.3 miles into boat ramp .Directions from South Fork, Colorado: Travel west on U.S. Highway 160 8.0 miles to Forest Road # 410. Take FR # 410 west for 1.4 miles to "Y" intersection (Forest Rd. 410). Bear right onto Rd. 430 and go 0.3 miles into boat ramp.
Activities
- BOATING
- FISHING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Big Meadows Reservoir Campground (South Central CO)Rio Grande National Forest0 mi
- Big Meadows/Archuleta Trailhead # 839Rio Grande National Forest0 mi
- Big Meadows TrailheadRio Grande National Forest2 mi
- Lake Fork Trailhead #836Colorado2 mi
- Columbine Picnic SiteRio Grande National Forest3 mi
- Lobo TrailheadRio Grande National Forest3 mi
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Big Meadows Reservoir Boating Site doesn't take campsite reservations — but plenty of nearby Colorado campgrounds do, and we'll alert you the moment a sold-out site opens up.
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