Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG campsites, sold out? Here's how spots come back.

How booking at Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG works

Reservations for Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG are made through Recreation.gov. In peak season, the most popular campgrounds are typically claimed within minutes of each release — which is why the park reads as "sold out" for most of the year.

Sold out is not final, though. People book far ahead and plans change, so cancellations return to the official calendar throughout the season — with no announcement, at any hour. A cancelled site is bookable by whoever sees it first.

Booking facts

Managed by	USDA Forest Service
Book through	Recreation.gov
Campgrounds	38
Official listing	Recreation.gov

Campgrounds in Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG

Set a watch on the whole park, or go straight to the campground you want — each one has its own availability and cancellation pattern:

Stillwater (Colorado)	109 sites
Arapaho Bay	85 sites
Green Ridge	76 sites
Dowdy Lake	62 sites
Mountain Park	57 sites
Olive Ridge	56 sites
Pawnee	52 sites
Chambers Lake	51 sites
Columbine Campground	47 sites
Kelly Dahl	46 sites
Cold Springs - Arapaho Roosevelt NF (CO)	43 sites
Camp Dick	42 sites
West Lake	36 sites
Meeker Park Overflow Campground	29 sites
Bellaire Lake Campground	27 sites
Idlewild Campground	25 sites
Echo Lake	18 sites
Guanella Pass	18 sites
Rainbow Lakes Campground	18 sites
St. Louis Creek	18 sites
Ansel Watrous	17 sites
Peaceful Valley	16 sites
West Chicago Creek	16 sites
Crow Valley	15 sites
Narrows (Co)	15 sites
Stove Prairie	9 sites
Clear Lake Campground	8 sites
Pickle Gulch	7 sites
Buckhorn Ranger Station	3 sites
Jacks Gulch	3 sites
Cutthroat Bay Group	2 sites
Redfeather Ranger Station	2 sites
AA Bar Ranch (AA Barn) Group Picnic Site	1 sites
Mestaa’ėhehe Mountain Fire Lookout	1 sites
Midland Group Campground	1 sites
South Fork Group Site - Arapaho NF (CO)	1 sites
Stub Creek Cabin	1 sites
Willow Creek Group	1 sites

How itOpened watches Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG

We scan the official Recreation.gov calendar for Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG around the clock. The second a site that matches your dates and equipment opens up, you get a text with a direct link to that exact site. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell anything — monitoring is all we do, and it's what your fee pays for. Openings are first-come, so a text beats an email every time.

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Availability facts come from the official directory listing for Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.