Rio Grande Valley Overlook / Sunnyside | Wild Camping

May 6th, 2023 by angelisaa

Beautiful views. Easy to get to. I stopped at the first campsite on the left. By trees. Windy af. Enough service to get work done. Seen a few bikers doing the trail as well as a couple vehicles and dogs running free along side them. Pretty much a happy peaceful place for my pups and I!

August 6th, 2022 by gots

The place was pretty busy but we found a spot at the bottom of a hill. Access was steep.

June 24th, 2022 by carter.stephanie88

Great spot with lots of open space. Nice

June 2nd, 2022 by Randy

OMG one of the best spots I have camped in. 2 miles from town and beautiful. I am on top of a hill and have great cell service.

June 2nd, 2022 by Cubby Van Life

Amazing views. Very windy. It is the weekend after Memorial Day weekend and there is only one other camper here. I was told that last weekend was packed up here! Our 2wd Ram Promaster 1500 Cubbyvan had no problems on the roads. Keep it clean. Take your trash. Don’t make me your trashperson.

May 16th, 2022 by theroadthroughmyeyes

Beautiful mountaintop views! Strong Verizon service. Quite windy when I was there.

September 25th, 2021 by mccartylukea

Really nice views just outside of Creede. a short drive up a dirt road that our 2wd van handled just fine. Our campsite was just up a hill where the road got a little bumpier, but the panoramic view was worth.

July 9th, 2021 by Pimenton

Black bear in the area! We didn’t see it but other campers spotted it two nights in a row.
One of the roads due south of the GPS marker is private property We camped to the southeast of the marker near the trees. Road was fine with 2WD and good clearance, but beyond that the road gets very steep.
Few other campers, a couple of ATV’s but no excessive noise. Great views of the valley and night sky.

July 8th, 2021 by kjdrafting

Nice views, just 5 min from town. It’s weekday and some places are taken

June 19th, 2021 by ningina

Yes to all that's been said. We got here by turning onto Miner's Creek Rd outside of Creede (past the airport), then taking a right uphill at the road with the Forest regulations, or turn on Bachelor Rd/FR504. Stay to the right at the fork and keep going uphill. You crest at the first campsite. Take a right and there are at least two hilltops to camp on as well as a ridge. We saw 5th wheels, truck campers, a van and a schoolie up here. Bring your off road vehicles or dirt bike as there are roads for miles. We had a mid summer rain shower with thunder, rain and wind. Decent cell service.

May 14th, 2021 by geoffgow

This place is truly spectacular. Right where the pin drop is you'll find within a couple hundred yards several two track roads heading off. The one I took is for sure a 4x4 high clearance track but the site at the end was fantastic. There are several tracks and most look doable in 2x van or truck/RV. I have 5 bars Verizon LTE. Zero on Visible

October 15th, 2020 by jillkeyser

Just as described. A beautiful place to land. It was windy during the day. In October we had the entire mountain to ourselves. Spectacular!

June 19th, 2020 by karyleepix.kh

Absolute beauty in 360. I'm in a truck camper and had no problem getting up the roads. lots of places to pull off and get level. It is 9200 feet and a little windy but this is the first Big sky sunset I've had in forever. It's only less than 2 miles from town. There are some fire pits out already. They are OHV trails so you might get some noise and dust. There are a dozen miles of off roads to camp. some with trees.
This is at the end or the beginning of the bachelor loop historic mine tour.

June 21st, 2018 by Revere Overland

Approximate location!

Sitting on top a hill overlooking the Rio Grande Valley, this National Forest land has multiple trails branching off it.

The locals recommended the location to us, and there were plenty of people already camped on the large hillside when we went up.