Stove Prairie
Stove Prairie is a national forest campground in Colorado. Hookups: no hookups.
- Type
- National forest campground
- Location
- Colorado
- Coordinates
- 40.68339, -105.39665
- Hookups
- No hookups
- Activities
- Biking, Birding, Boating, Camping, Canoeing, Fishing, Hiking, Kayaking, Mountain Biking, Rafting, Water Sports, Whitewater Rafting
- Map
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Phone
- 970-295-6700
Amenities
- Reservable sites
Only amenities a source confirms are listed; an amenity missing here is unknown, not absent.
About Stove Prairie
Overview Stove Prairie Campground is located on the Cache la Poudre River, 26 miles northwest of Fort Collins, in north central Colorado. Visitors enjoy the area for its great rafting, fishing and hiking opportunities. Recreation The Cache la Poudre River offers whitewater rafting and fishing. Anglers cast for brown, cutthroat and rainbow trout. Hiking, biking and horseback riding trails are in the surrounding area, including the Mt. McConnel Trail, William R. Kreutzer National Recreation Trail and Young Gulch Trail. Other popular activities include birding and wildlife viewing. Facilities The campground offers eight accessible, single-family campsites. Four sites are walk-to tent sites. Each site is equipped with a 12-by-15 tent pad, table and campfire ring with grill. Accessible vault toilets are provided. Dead and downed firewood may be gathered in the surrounding forest, or purchased from the campground host. Natural Features The canyon's vegetation varies from dense forests to open meadows, surrounded by steep mountains. The campground is situated among ponderosa pine and aspen trees on the banks of the Cache la Poudre River, Colorado's first National Wild and Scenic River. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (530) 529-0578. Charges & Cancellations Modifications for this campground must be made through Recreation.gov or by calling the call center at 1-877-444-6777 PRIOR to your reservation start date. Customers and contact center agents
Cell coverage
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Nearby RV services
- Dump station
- Larimer County Open Space · 23 mi
- Water fill
- Crystal Spring · 34 mi
- Propane
- AmeriGas · 22 mi
- Low clearances
- None mapped within 10 mi
- Off-road routes
- 258 designated routes (320 mi) within 10 mi
Other places to stay nearby
| Name | Type | Distance | Fee | Hookups |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stove Prairie Campground | Private campground | under 0.1 mi | — | — |
| Lower Narrows | National forest campground | 1.9 mi | — | — |
| Narrows Campground | Private campground | 1.9 mi | — | — |
| Narrows (Co) | National forest campground | 1.9 mi | — | No hookups |
| Ansel Watrous | National forest campground | 2.5 mi | — | No hookups |
| Ansel Watrous | Private campground | 2.6 mi | — | — |
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Sources. Recreation.gov (RIDB), USFS and BLM recreation sites. Updated June 2026. Facility facts only; DryRig does not publish ratings or reviews on this page.