A forested campground near hiking, and mountain biking. Most campsites have no hookups, and RV fit varies by site.
At 9,813 feet along the Guanella Pass Scenic Byway, Burning Bear Campground sits in a wide valley where scattered ponderosa pines break up open meadows and provide pockets of privacy. The campground is about five miles north of Grant on Park County Road 62 and roughly seven miles south of the Mount Bierstadt approach, so it's a convenient base for high-country drives, landscape photography and wildlife watching bighorn sheep, elk, deer, moose, marmots and pikas are regularly reported along the pass.
Length limits vary by campsite.
Availability on Recreation.gov.
| Site | Fr 13 | Sa 14 | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 standard nonelectric | W | W | $26 |
| 07 standard nonelectric | W | W | $26 |
| 09 standard nonelectric | W | W | $26 |
| 11 standard nonelectric | W | W | $26 |
| 08 standard nonelectric | W | W | $26 |
| 06 standard nonelectric | W | W | $26 |
| 03 standard nonelectric | W | W | $26 |
| 04 standard nonelectric | W | W | $26 |
| 05 standard nonelectric | W | W | $26 |
| 12 standard nonelectric | W | W | $26 |
| 10 tent only nonelectric | W | W | $26 |
| 02 standard nonelectric | W | W | $26 |
| 13 standard nonelectric | W | W | $26 |
✓ available · R reserved · X not available · C closed · W first come, first served · N not yet released
Hookups (individual campsites): 13 no-hookup individual sites.
19316 Goddard Ranch Court
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“Camped at Burning Bear for 3 days... bathroom was clean, campground was clean and reasonably quiet for the number of campers....campsites are pretty close together but that wasn't a problem.”
“The camping area was well maintained. The camp host was very pleasant and welcoming.”
Available Nov 13–15 · 2 nights1 site open for every night
First come, first served
No sites offered for these dates13 individual reservable campsites from Recreation.gov, checked Nov 7. Rates are the listed nightly rates.
Tent, van or small RV, no power
12 sites · $26/night
Loops: Loop 1 (12)
0 open Nov 13–Nov 15
Tents only, no power
1 site · $26/night
Loops: Loop 1 (1)
0 open Nov 13–Nov 15
An idea to start from, built from this campground's listing and real tours nearby. Times, openings and prices change, so check each before you go.
Longer tours — plan travel time before and after.
Rentals that may deliver here and whose listed length fits sites up to 50 ft. Delivery may be available — confirm fees and dates with the owner before you book.
Travel trailer · 21 ft · sleeps 6 · 33 mi from campground
$180/night listed · RVshare · Delivery may be available
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Class C motorhome · 25 ft · sleeps 4 · 51 mi from campground
$256/night listed · RVshare · Delivery may be available
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Travel trailer · 15 ft · sleeps 3 · 52 mi from campground
$99/night listed · RVshare · Delivery may be available
View rentalPaid experiences on Viator. Distances are from this campground when the tour lists its own start point.
5 mi · 4 hr · from $141/person
18 mi · 2.5 hr · from $65/person
18 mi · 1.7 hr · from $30/person
18 mi · 4 hr · from $94/person
Share of site-nights open, booked and closed on Recreation.gov for the next months, checked Nov 7. Months further out may not be released for booking yet.
| Month | Open | Booked | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Dec 2026 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
For July weekends, book about 179 days ahead. Three in four July Friday and Saturday arrivals were booked later than that, and half were booked 141 days or less before arrival. Past timing is guidance, not a guarantee of what is open now.
| Arrival month | Fri/Sat arrivals: half booked at least | A quarter at least | Other days: half booked at least | A quarter at least |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 83 days ahead | 142 days ahead | 39 days ahead | 122 days ahead |
| June | 139 days ahead | 168 days ahead | 33 days ahead | 105 days ahead |
| July | 141 days ahead | 179 days ahead | 39 days ahead | 123 days ahead |
| August | 135 days ahead | 178 days ahead | 31 days ahead | 86 days ahead |
| September | 96 days ahead | 159 days ahead | 30 days ahead | 103 days ahead |
| October | 65 days ahead | 90 days ahead | — | — |
Months with fewer than 30 reservations of that kind are left blank. Sites where nearly every booking was made the day of arrival (pay on arrival) are left out. Closed seasons, windows not yet released for booking, and currently unavailable nights are separate from this history.
Based on Recreation.gov reservations, FY2015–2025 (2,255 reservations in the years scored). Counts reservations made, not nights actually camped: cancellations aren't in the data, and nights a site was closed count as not booked. FY2020–21 (COVID) are left out of the scores.
18 mi · 45 min · from $45/person
18 mi · 1 hr–9 hr · from $85/person
18 mi · 1.5 hr · from $33/person
18 mi · 6 hr · from $164/person
18 mi · 4 hr · from $107/person
