Iron Spring Campground

My wife and I absolutely LOVE coming up to Iron Springs for day camps just a short drive from Montrose. We went up there today to see the aspens change for the fall and 99.99% was absolutely great. Unfortunately, someone without any care for others, has went through the park and destroyed most of the tables. If anyone knows any kind of organization I can donate too, to help fix them, I would also donate my time. I'll show these pictures to the forest service people tomorrow. Maybe we can get some people together to fix them. And hope nobody does it again I guess. I only took a picture of 3 out of 5 or 6 that were damaged. Horrible that anyone would find entertainment out of that.

The drive in from Nucla was rough. I hope they've developed the road since then (stayed here 8/2023). I drove a subaru wilderness and was worried at points it wouldn't clear it. Got there eventually and it was a peacful spot with only 1 couple across at another spot. Vault toilet was fine. It was pretty cool at night/morning, I recommend a good insulating sleeping pad; I only brought a mod-grade inflating pad and it deflated. Sites have rings and benches. Some sites require a little cleanup from former campers. No cell service up here - back up info before you head out. I liked it here among the aspen. It was really close to Montrose regional airport so we stayed here the night before flying out.

No services of course but has a pit toilet. Only reason for 4 stars is the pit toilet is ROUGH. Campground overall is great, would come back here again.

Four days and three nights the weekend before independence day. We had the whole campground to ourselves except for a few people that drove the loop to check it out. Very pleasant. Bugs were at a minimum and the only other visitors were a raccoon in the middle of the night, a Doe one morning and a bull elk on the trail Sunday morning. Made for a very relaxing weekend! Oh yes, we could hear dirt bikes or four wheelers in the distance on Thursday and Friday but nothing intrusive.

Great for free primitive tent or RV camping. A surprising amount of traffic on the nearby road made things a bit noisy, but it was a holiday weekend. In the middle of the night it was very quiet. We arrived after dark and there were still 2 sites available, neither of which had much level ground for a tent, but we made it work. Pit toilets were a bit dirty but we're totally usable. Overall a pleasant place to camp, but make sure you're prepared for primitive camping without amenities.