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The Encampment River Campground is a great location near the Encampment River for fishing, floating and hiking the Encampment River Trail. The campground has 8 campsites, vault toilet, day use parking and a foot trail. Each campsite features a picnic table, fire ring or grill, sandy tent pad, and parking space. No pull-throughs please and horses are not allowed in the campground. Bring potable water and firewood. Camping season is typically June through mid-November. The trail is open to hikers year round. No motor vehicles are allowed on the trail. Camping fees are $10 per campsite per night. The riparian area has cottonwoods, willows, juniper, wild rose, grasses and sagebrush. Visitors will see a variety of wildlife including bald eagles, bighorn sheep, pronghorn, mule deer, grouse, rattlesnakes. Both rainbow trout and brown trout are abundant.
From I-80, go south on SH130 39 miles to Encampment. Follow the highway through town, where it becomes SH70. Follow it about another 1/4 mile and turn south on CR353 (gravel). Go about 1 mile south and take the left fork onto BLM Road 3407 another 3/4 mile to the campground. Do not attempt to drive this road when it's muddy because it's steepness and depth of mud may make it temporarily impossible to get out again.
$10 per campsite per night
Camping is by donation and that's the best part. Sites are not level or graded. Water and restrooms were shutdown when I was there in early October. It is off the main road a couple blocks so noise levels were quite low. While I appreciate what they have it could have been a whole lot better with very little effort or materials. Story of copper mining in the region is quite interesting for any history buffs.
Short stay but enjoyable. Nice having a community facility like this, wish more places would provide such areas for visiting travelers.
It's really cool that a tiny town like this would have an RV area like this. It could use some TLC, like trimming trees, raking, etc, but I noticed hardly anybody put $$$ in the donation boxes. Come on, folks! It won't be around much longer without $$$ to support it.
Nice quiet little city park with about 8 spaces, some 30amp elec, some have dump, some no water. Bathrooms are locked now (mid-Oct) for the season. Honor system, donation box on one of the electric posts near the center of the campground. Good place to just chill for a bit. No Verizon coverage but AT&T works well. Lots of Pronghorn Antelope roaming around
It was just a place to rest for the night but I ended up seeing wildlife and a rainbow and got some great deals at the little thrift store in the same lot(So show up on Wednesday!). You can pay in donation boxes on site. The water was off, the restroom locked, but the electric worked fine and I didn't need amenities. Grateful for the rest and the stars at night were spectacular.
