Tucker Ponds
Tucker Ponds is a national forest campground in Colorado.
- Type
- National forest campground
- Location
- Colorado
- Coordinates
- 37.49437, -106.76076
- Map
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Website
- www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/riogrande/recarea/?reci…
About Tucker Ponds
This high-altitude campground (9,600 feet) is a single loop tucked into a grove of spruce trees adjoining an open grassy meadow. Many of the mature spruce trees within the campground have been killed by the Spruce Bark Beetle and were all removed during the spring of 2015. Today the campground is way more open and sunny with open views of Fox Mountain. The two Tucker Ponds are across the road from the entrance to the campground and offer a good family fishing experience. The 2 Tucker Ponds are about 10 acres each. Rainbow trout (stocked) are usually plentiful and fishermen can also fish in Pass Creek by hiking west of the campground. Pass Creek can be fished with artificial flies and lures only and all cutthroat trout must be released immediately back into the creek (Rio Grande Cutthroat recovery area). For hiking adventures, going on south of the campground you can drive forest road 390 to Campo Molino and then take forest road 388 to the Bonito Pass trail which takes you to the Continental Divide Trail.
Cell coverage
No coverage data for this location yet.
Nearby RV services
- Dump station
- Speedway · 22 mi
- Water fill
- None mapped within 50 mi
- Propane
- Jones Oil Co. · 40 mi
- Low clearances
- None mapped within 10 mi
- Off-road routes
- 97 designated routes (227 mi) within 10 mi
Other places to stay nearby
| Name | Type | Distance | Fee | Hookups |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker Ponds Campground | Private campground | under 0.1 mi | — | — |
| Pass Creek Dispersed Campground | Free campsite | 1.9 mi | Free | — |
| Dispersed Camping | Private campground | 2.1 mi | — | — |
| Big Meadows Reservoir Campground (South Central CO) | National forest campground | 3.6 mi | — | No hookups |
| Big Meadows Campground | Private campground | 3.6 mi | — | — |
| Primitive Camping | Private campground | 3.8 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.