Weekend availability at Stove Prairie
Live from Recreation.gov · checked Sep 18, 6:24 AM PTSold out 4 of the next 4 weekends — exactly when cancellation alerts earn their keep.
- Fri, Sep 18Sold out
- Fri, Sep 25Sold out
- Fri, Oct 2Sold out
- Fri, Oct 9Sold out
Friday + Saturday nights, sites bookable both nights. Counts come from a rotating sweep and can lag a cancellation by up to a day — alerts watch your exact dates within minutes.
Campsites & amenities
Site-level details from Recreation.gov's official catalog.
- Campsites
- 9
- Max rig length
- 40 ft
About this campground
Overview Stove Prairie Campground is located on the Cache la Poudre River, 26 miles northwest of Fort Collins, in north central Colorado. Visitors enjoy the area for its great rafting, fishing and hiking opportunities.Recreation The Cache la Poudre River offers whitewater rafting and fishing. Anglers cast for brown, cutthroat and rainbow trout. Hiking, biking and horseback riding trails are in the surrounding area, including the Mt. McConnel Trail, William R. Kreutzer National Recreation Trail and Young Gulch Trail. Other popular activities include birding and wildlife viewing.Facilities The campground offers eight accessible, single-family campsites. Four sites are walk-to tent sites. Each site is equipped with a 12-by-15 tent pad, table and campfire ring with grill. Accessible vault toilets are provided. Dead and downed firewood may be gathered in the surrounding forest, or purchased from the campground host.Natural Features The canyon's vegetation varies from dense forests to open meadows, surrounded by steep mountains. The campground is situated among ponderosa pine and aspen trees on the banks of the Cache la Poudre River, Colorado's first National Wild and Scenic River. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (530) 529-0578.Charges & Cancellations Modifications for this campground must be made through Recreation.gov or by calling the call center at 1-877-444-6777 PRIOR to your reservation start date. Customers and contact center agents cannot modify reservations on or after the check-in date.
Getting there
From Fort Collins, take Highway 14 northwest for 26 miles, to the campground.
Activities
- WILDLIFE VIEWING
- WATER SPORTS
- HIKING
- FISHING
- CAMPING
- CANOEING
- KAYAKING
- RAFTING
- MOUNTAIN BIKING
- WHITEWATER RAFTING
- BOATING
- BIRDING
- BIKING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Narrows (Co)Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG2 mi
- Ansel WatrousArapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG3 mi
- Mountain ParkArapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG4 mi
- Kelly Flats CampgroundArapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG5 mi
- Pineview River Access Point (Put-In, Take-Out)Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG5 mi
- Bridges River Access Point (Put-In)Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG6 mi
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