White River National Forest · Colorado
Overview Surrounded by mountains and nestled near the wilderness, the Shepherds Rim Campground at Trappers Lake has 15 scenic campsites. Located at 9,720 feet in elevation, visitors can locate this campground on the right side of the road as you travel south from the Trappers Lake Outlet area. Recreation Trappers Lake is known as the Cradle of Wilderness.
Sites at Shepherds Rim Campground 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, Tent only |
| Location | Meeker, 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 Shepherds Rim Campground 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.
| Peak One | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Prospector | Cancellation alerts available |
| Heaton Bay | Cancellation alerts available |
| Chapman Campground and Group (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Difficult Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cow Creek South (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bogan Flats Campground and Group | Cancellation alerts available |
| Redstone | Cancellation alerts available |
| Deep Lake Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| North Fork (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lowry Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Mollie B_White River | Cancellation alerts available |
| Gore Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Blue River Campground (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Marvine Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Yeoman Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Little Maud Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Prairie Point Campground (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Camp Hale Memorial | Cancellation alerts available |
| Willows Campground (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Elliott Creek Campground (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Little Mattie Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| South Fork (White River, CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Silver Bell Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Dearhamer Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cow Creek North (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| East Marvine | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ruedi Marina Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Horse Thief | Cancellation alerts available |
| Silver Queen Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Silver Bar Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| East Maroon Portal Picnic Site | Cancellation alerts available |
| Windy Point Group (Co) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Camp Hale East Fork Group | Cancellation alerts available |
| Maroon Bells Amphitheatre | Cancellation alerts available |
| Piney Guard Station | Cancellation alerts available |
| Tigiwon Community House | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Shepherds Rim Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.