Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands · Colorado
Overview Blue Lake Campground is located in the beautiful San Isabel National Forest at an elevation of 10,500 ft. Views of the nearby Culebra Range Mountains with aspen and spruce forests offer campers a genuine Colorado experience. Recreation A well-marked trail system between Bear Lake and Blue Lake is open to foot and horse traffic.
Sites at Blue Lake Campground - San Isabel NF (CO) are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 16 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard |
| Location | Canon City, CO |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Blue Lake Campground - San Isabel NF (CO) around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Rampart Range Recreation Area Designated Dispersed Camping | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Colorado Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lakeview Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| White Star | Cancellation alerts available |
| South Meadows - Pike San Isabel NF (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Collegiate Peaks | Cancellation alerts available |
| Alvarado Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Baby Doe | Cancellation alerts available |
| Molly Brown | Cancellation alerts available |
| Silver Dollar | Cancellation alerts available |
| Monarch Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Buffalo Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lodgepole (Jefferson Lake, Fairplay Colorado) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ohaver Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
| La Vista Campground - Lake Isabel | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ophir Creek Campground (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| May Queen | Cancellation alerts available |
| Father Dyer | Cancellation alerts available |
| Spruce Grove Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Geneva Park Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Kenosha Pass Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Timberline Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Purgatoire Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Spillway Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Blue Mountain | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cascade (Colorado) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Thunder Ridge | Cancellation alerts available |
| Chalk Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
| Horseshoe Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lone Rock Campground (Co) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Meadow Ridge | Cancellation alerts available |
| Mount Princeton | Cancellation alerts available |
| Riverside (Co) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Buffalo Springs | Cancellation alerts available |
| Painted Rocks | Cancellation alerts available |
| Jefferson Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Kelsey Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Round Mountain | Cancellation alerts available |
| Springer Gulch | Cancellation alerts available |
| St Charles Campground - Lake Isabel | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bear Lake Campground (Co) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Burning Bear Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Osprey (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ouzel | Cancellation alerts available |
| Aspen (Co) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Davenport Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Happy Meadows | Cancellation alerts available |
| Southside Campground - Lake Isabel | Cancellation alerts available |
| Indian Creek Equestrian Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Angel of Shavano | Cancellation alerts available |
| Belle of Colorado | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bootleg | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cordova Pass | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cottonwood Lake - PSICC (Co) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cove Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Deer Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Devils Head Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Dexter | Cancellation alerts available |
| Elbert Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Flat Rocks Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Fourmile | Cancellation alerts available |
| Goose Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Green Mountain Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Halfmoon East | Cancellation alerts available |
| Halfmoon West | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hall Valley | Cancellation alerts available |
| Handcart | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hayden Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Iron City | Cancellation alerts available |
| Kenosha East | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lake Creek (Co) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lost Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Matchless | Cancellation alerts available |
| Meridian Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Michigan Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| North Fork Campground (Salida, CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Parry Peak | Cancellation alerts available |
| Platte River | Cancellation alerts available |
| Printer Boy | Cancellation alerts available |
| Selkirk | Cancellation alerts available |
| Springdale | Cancellation alerts available |
| Tabor | Cancellation alerts available |
| The Crags | Cancellation alerts available |
| Twin Eagle | Cancellation alerts available |
| Twin Peaks (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Weston Pass | Cancellation alerts available |
| Meadows Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Angel Of Shavano Group | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bassam Guard Station | Cancellation alerts available |
| Crescent Mining Camp | Cancellation alerts available |
| Dawson Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lake Isabel Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Manitou Lake Pavilion | Cancellation alerts available |
| Mingus Ranch | Cancellation alerts available |
| Pike Community | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ponderosa Group - Lake Isabel | Cancellation alerts available |
| Pulver Mountain Group Site | Cancellation alerts available |
| Red Rocks Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Roberts Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Spruce Group - Lake Isabel | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Blue Lake Campground - San Isabel NF (CO); cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.