Bosque Bill
Senior Member
Anyone driven or camped in the Dolores River Canyon in SW Colorado? I ran across a photo of the canyon and it looked scenic. I'm talking about the canyon downstream from the reservoir in the village of Dolores. Looks like there are two ways to get in.
About 25 miles downstream from the reservoir seems you can follow county roads out of Dove Creek and get to the river. There's apparently a raft/fishing access there and I did find reference to a small BLM no-fee campground just down from there. Google Maps shows a dirt road following the river for quite a ways, but none of my printed maps show the road. Looks like it would be fun to explore and appears to have a few nice areas to disperse camp.
There also seems to be an access to the canyon closer to the reservoir, and a picnic area, at Bradfield Bridge. This area is in the National Forest and it looks like a road from there all the way to the reservoir. The satellite view shows a number of turn offs that might be suitable for dispersed camping, though I suspect they are mostly used as fishing access.
I'm thinking of trying it out later this spring or early summer. Thanks for any information you can offer.
About 25 miles downstream from the reservoir seems you can follow county roads out of Dove Creek and get to the river. There's apparently a raft/fishing access there and I did find reference to a small BLM no-fee campground just down from there. Google Maps shows a dirt road following the river for quite a ways, but none of my printed maps show the road. Looks like it would be fun to explore and appears to have a few nice areas to disperse camp.
There also seems to be an access to the canyon closer to the reservoir, and a picnic area, at Bradfield Bridge. This area is in the National Forest and it looks like a road from there all the way to the reservoir. The satellite view shows a number of turn offs that might be suitable for dispersed camping, though I suspect they are mostly used as fishing access.
I'm thinking of trying it out later this spring or early summer. Thanks for any information you can offer.