Road Canyon Campground

in Rio Grande National Forest

The numbers that decide it

Recreation.gov publishes no site-level detail for this campground, so we cannot say what length of rig it takes. Call the managing office before committing to it in a large vehicle.

Site-level detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero.

Road Canyon Campground

This small campground, located at the head of Road Canyon Reservoir, usually has vacancy when other upriver campgrounds are full. The area is in a fully open meadow, with no trees, and it is not screened from Rio Grande Reservoir Road. It has 6 camping units, each with a parking spur, table, and fire ring. An undeveloped overflow camping area is directly across the road. A vault type toilet is provided, but no trash receptacles (Please pack out your trash). No firewood or drinking water are available. There is fishing access and a boat launch at Road Canyon Reservoir.

Before you go

Season

April

Fees

Single site - $26 to $30/night. Day use - $12/day (picnicking). Shoulder season - $10/night (Sometime after Labor Day) Fee envelopes and a collection box located near the entrance.

Hours

Open year around normally but is usually drifted in with heavy snow from December through end of April.

Restrictions

On Road Canyon Reservoir, boats allowed, no wakes, trolling motors OK, primitive boat ramp

Scenic drives that pass close

Make it a night on a better road

Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.