About this campground
Specie Creek is primarily a Boat launch and day-use area with parking spaces. This site marks the beginning of the Specie Creek to Beaver Creek run and the end of the Down Valley Park to Specie Creek run. This section has a number of blind corners adding a little zip to the whitewater. For more information, please contact the Uncompahgre Field Office.
Getting there
Specie Creek Recreation site can be accessed from Colorado Hwy 145 (Unaweep/Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway) and turning south onto M44 Rd.
Activities
- BOATING
- FISHING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Lower Beaver Rec. SiteMontrose7 mi
- Upper Beaver Creek Recreation SiteBureau of Land Management7 mi
- LONE CONE CABINGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest10 mi
- Caddis FlatsMontrose15 mi
- MATTERHORNGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest18 mi
- MATTERHORN CABINGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest18 mi
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Specie Creek Boat Launch 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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