Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness

Fire restrictions

County and local burn bans may also apply on private, state, or county land nearby. On federal land, follow the land manager's order; off it, follow the strictest county or local rule that applies. When both touch your trip, obey both.

Who manages Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness

Getting to Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness

• Grand Lake, CO is the nearest town, 0.9 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). (US Census places, accessed 2026-09-30)

Trailheads at Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness

• Fern Lake Trailhead (0.01 mi outside the boundary, 8,133 ft), at 40.3549, -105.6311 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Finch Lake Trail Head (0.01 mi outside the boundary, 8,457 ft), at 40.2085, -105.5610 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Green Mountain Trailhead (0.01 mi outside the boundary, 8,781 ft), at 40.3073, -105.8412 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• La Poudre Pass Trailhead (0.04 mi outside the boundary, 10,192 ft), at 40.4778, -105.8225
• Shadow Mountain Dam Trailhead (0.43 mi outside the boundary, 8,435 ft), at 40.2403, -105.8250
• Lily Mountain Trailhead (0.45 mi outside the boundary, 8,784 ft), at 40.3136, -105.5353
• Corral Creek Trailhead (0.49 mi outside the boundary, 10,035 ft), at 40.5178, -105.7706
• Supply Creek (0.62 mi outside the boundary, 8,689 ft), at 40.2784, -105.8620

Trailhead locations: Forest Service recreation sites layer , accessed 2026-09-30. Elevations from USGS 3DEP.

Trailheads mapped on OpenStreetMap: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License , accessed 2026-09-30. The extract used here, with distances from the boundary: osm-trailheads-co.json. Where an agency layer lists the same trailhead, the agency's point is shown instead.

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness

• Longs Peak summit about 14,244 ft
• Mount Meeker summit about 13,879 ft
• Hagues Peak summit about 13,551 ft
• Box Canyon canyon
• Forest Canyon canyon
• Lookout Springs spring
• Adams Lake lake

Features whose official location is inside the boundary, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, accessed 2026-09-30. Summit elevations measured on the USGS 3DEP elevation model, which can read a few feet under a surveyed summit height.

Campgrounds in and around Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness

• Rocky Mountain National Park Timber Creek Campground (right at the boundary): its sites, fees, and reservations on campgroundsdb.com.
• Rocky Mountain National Park Longs Peak Campground (0.1 miles outside the boundary): its sites, fees, and reservations on campgroundsdb.com.
• Rocky Mountain National Park Glacier Basin Campground (0.2 miles outside the boundary): its sites, fees, and reservations on campgroundsdb.com.
• Green Ridge camping (0.3 miles outside the boundary): its sites, fees, and reservations on campgroundsdb.com.
• Rocky Mountain National Park Moraine Park Campground (0.3 miles outside the boundary): its sites, fees, and reservations on campgroundsdb.com.

Fishing and water

Grand Lake fishing (0.7 miles outside the boundary): its fishing and stocking record on fishypedia.com.

Public lands next to Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness

• National Park Service unitRocky Mountain National Park Wilderness lies inside Rocky Mountain National Park.
• National forestRocky Mountain National Park Wilderness borders Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests.
• Wilderness areaRocky Mountain National Park Wilderness borders Comanche Peak Wilderness.
• Wilderness areaRocky Mountain National Park Wilderness borders Indian Peaks Wilderness.
• National forestRocky Mountain National Park Wilderness borders Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest.
• Wilderness areaRocky Mountain National Park Wilderness borders Neota Wilderness.
• Wilderness areaRocky Mountain National Park Wilderness borders Never Summer Wilderness.

Measured between the units' boundaries as mapped in USGS PAD-US. Distances are straight line, not driving.

Other wilderness areas in Colorado

• Sangre de Cristo Wilderness (Saguache County)
• Sarvis Creek Wilderness (Routt County)
• South San Juan Wilderness (Conejos County)
• Spanish Peaks Wilderness (Las Animas County)
• Uncompahgre Wilderness (Hinsdale County)

Colorado wilderness areas