Boondocking in Colorado Near the Water

Free and dispersed camping in Colorado near the water. No hookups, no fees listed — pack out what you pack in. 715 places mapped.

⚓ Boat Ramps ⛺ Campgrounds 🌲 Boondocking 🏨 Lodging 🍔 Restaurants 🛒 Grocery ⛽ Gas 🎯 Sporting Goods 🎣 Bait & Tackle 🔧 Boat Repair

Every pin is within 15 miles of a launch. The ⚓ anchors are the boat ramps — so you can see how far the water is from any stop.

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Boondocking by town

Pick a town for a focused list of boondocking near the ramps there.

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Bailey 1 Basalt 4 Bellvue 2 Black Hawk 3 Bordenville 15 Breckenridge 5 Buena Vista 2 Buford 12 Burns 11

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Cañon City 1 Canon City 3 Carson City 1 Cascade 1 Cedaredge 4 Centerville 3 Chacra 7 Collbran 3 Creede 18 Crested Butte 2 Crested Butte South 6

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Dinosaur 21 Dotsero 52 Dove Creek 7

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Eagle 5 Edwards 4 Estes Park 17

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Florissant 10 Fort Carson 2 Frisco 1

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Glenwood Springs 4 Golden 1 Grand Lake 29 Gunnison 1

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Hartsel 1 Hayden 7 Heeney 4 Hollywood 8 Hotchkiss 1

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Keystone 7 Kremmling 1

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Lake City 5 Leadville 19 Leadville North 47

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Marble 11 Maybell 1 Mc Coy 1 Miramonte 2 Monte Vista 2 Mount Crested Butte 2

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Nathrop 2 Nederland 19 North/A 1 Nucla 17

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Paonia 13 Penrose 11 Poncha Springs 7

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Rangely 3 Red Cliff 10 Red Feather Lakes 1 Redstone 3 Rustic 12

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Salida 2 Sapinero 1 Silverthorne 8 South Fork 11 Spar City 4 St Elmo 28 Steamboat Springs 39 Stonewall 2

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Texas Creek 18 Tincup 1 Twin Lakes 1

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Vail 15 Vicksburg 73

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Ward 1 Westcliffe 8 Woody Creek 11

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