About this campground
This site serves as a rest area, picnic ground, and fishing lake. It sits right along the Silverthread Scenic Byway between Creede, Colorado and Lake City, Colorado. The approach road and parking lot is paved. There are 2 picnic units with tables and fireplaces. There is a vault toilet. No drinking water and no refuse receptacles. It is “Pack It In/ Pack It Out”.
Getting there
From Creede, CO, take State149 south (toward Lake City) 20 miles to Spring Creek Reservoir sign. Turn left at sign into the paved parking lot.
Activities
- PICNICKING
- FISHING
- AUTO TOURING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Bristol Head CampgroundRio Grande National Forest1 mi
- Texas Creek Summer Home Group TrailheadRio Grande National Forest2 mi
- Road Canyon Boat RampRio Grande National Forest3 mi
- Fern Creek Trailhead # 815Rio Grande National Forest5 mi
- RIVER HILLRio Grande National Forest7 mi
- THIRTY MILERio Grande National Forest8 mi
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Spring Creek Reservoir Picnic 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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