About this campground
Hotchkiss National Fish Hatchery is located about 20 miles east of Delta, CO near the town of Hotchkiss and was established in 1967 as part of the Colorado River Storage Project Act. Located on 58 acres along the banks of the North Fork of the Gunnison River, the hatchery's cold, clean water supply comes from the adjacent Tommy Dowell Spring. Hotchkiss NFH facilities include 24 inside nursery tanks and 40 concrete raceways to rear rainbow trout. Currently the hatchery produces trout to fill needs for federal water development projects throughout Western Colorado and Northern New Mexico. Fishing is available west of the last raceway in the North Fork of the Gunnison River. A Colorado fishing license is required
Getting there
Hotchkiss National Fish Hatchery is located about 20 miles east of Delta, Colorado, near the town of Hotchkiss.
Activities
- FISH HATCHERY
- FISHING
- PICNICKING
- VISITOR CENTER
- WILDLIFE VIEWING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Gunnison Forks Day Use AreaGunnison Gorge Wilderness4 mi
- Orchard Boat RampGunnison Gorge Wilderness7 mi
- North Rim Ranger StationBlack Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park13 mi
- North Delta OHV Staging AreasBureau of Land Management14 mi
- Peach Valley OHV Staging AreaGunnison Gorge Wilderness14 mi
- Black Canyon Of The Gunnison South Rim CampgroundBlack Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park16 mi
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Hotchkiss National Fish Hatchery 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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