About this campground
For first hand information, maps, and brochures, the visitor center is a good place to start your adventure. It is located four miles from the Fruita Entrance and near Saddlehorn Campground. It is open every day except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Years Day. The visitor center includes educational exhibits, an information desk staffed with knowledgeable rangers and volunteers, an eighteen minute long movie, and a bookstore operated by Colorado National Monument Association.
Getting there
Westbound on Highway I-70 towards Grand Junction, Exit 31 (Horizon Drive). Follow signs through Grand Junction to the east entrance. The visitor center and campground are 19 miles from the east entrance. Eastbound on Highway I-70 take Exit 19 (Fruita). Turn south on Highway 340 to the west entrance, which is approximately three miles from Fruita. The visitor center and campground are four miles up from the west entrance.
Nearby federal campgrounds
- SADDLEHORN CAMPGROUNDColorado National Monument0 mi
- Pollock Bench TrailheadMcInnis Canyons National Conservation Area4 mi
- Hawkeye TrailheadGrand Junction11 mi
- Rabbits Ear TrailheadMcInnis Canyons National Conservation Area14 mi
- Fruita Picnic SiteGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest16 mi
- Jouflas CampgroundBureau of Land Management16 mi
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Saddlehorn Visitor Center 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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