Little Mattie
Little Mattie is a national forest campground in Colorado.
- Type
- National forest campground
- Location
- Colorado
- Coordinates
- 39.37529, -106.80819
- Map
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Website
- www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/whiteriver/recarea/?rec…
About Little Mattie
Located approximately 14 miles eat of basalt, CO, in the White River National Forest, Little Mattie Campground is situated on the Ruedi Reservoir at an elevation of 7800 feet. Sites are open to the starry nighttime skies and access to the lake and trails. It sits amid a mixed conifer forest and offers an ideal setting for guest seeking recreation and relaxation.Little Mattie has 19 standard sites suitable for tents, trailers and RVs. There is a maximum length of 30 feet for RVs trailers. The sites are equipped with picnic tables, campfire rings and bear boxes (food storage lockers). Guests also have access to vault toilets and drinking water, but electrical hook-ups are not available.Known for its fly fishing, Frying pan River flows below Ruedi Dam. Here, large rainbow, brown, cutthroat and brook trout are plentiful in an area nicknamed the '||chr(38)||'ldquo;toilet bowl.'||chr(38)||'rdquo; The fish feed on Mysis shrimp, a small freshwater shrimp stocked in the lake. The stretch of rive from below the dam down to the confluence of Frying Pan and the Roaring Fork River has been designated as Gold Medal Waters by the Colorado Wildlife Commission. Special regulations in this area include fishing only with artificial flies and lures, and releasing all trout except brown trout, with a limit of two fish over 14 inches.For hikers and bikers, the Ruedi Trail, located north of the reservoir, climbs to the top of Red Mountain. The trailhead is located 200 feet north of the Jeep trail
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Nearby RV services
- Dump station
- Taylor Lagoons · 42 mi
- Water fill
- None mapped within 50 mi
- Propane
- Ferrellgas · 29 mi
- Low clearances
- None mapped within 10 mi
- Off-road routes
- 73 designated routes (164 mi) within 10 mi
Other places to stay nearby
| Name | Type | Distance | Fee | Hookups |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mattie Campground | National forest campground | 0.1 mi | — | No hookups |
| Mollie B | National forest campground | 0.3 mi | — | — |
| Little Maud Campground | National forest campground | 0.3 mi | — | No hookups |
| Mollie B_White River | National forest campground | 0.3 mi | — | No hookups |
| Ruedi Marina Campground | National forest campground | 0.4 mi | — | No hookups |
| Little Maud | National forest campground | 0.4 mi | — | — |
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Sources. USFS and BLM recreation sites. Updated June 2026. Facility facts only; DryRig does not publish ratings or reviews on this page.