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Open Year-round

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The Clear Creek drainage is a really popular area for fishing and four-wheeling near Buena Vista, Colorado. Iron City is the highest camgpround on the main road near the Saint Elmo ghost town.

Iron City Campground is a basic forest service facility laid out along a dirt road parallel to the Chalk Creek couty road. The campsites are decently separated, and all are close to Chalk Creek. There are some distant mountain views from parts of the campground.This is a very remote and quiet campground. Just past the campground is the old Iron City cemetery, which makes for some fun exploring for old town buffs.

Besides exploring Saint Elmo, there are some great hikes in this drainage between Mount Antero and Mount Princeton, particularly Poplar Gulch, Grizzly Lake and the Chalk Creek trail abve Saint Elmo.

Iron City Campground

Sawatch Range + Elk Mountains, Colorado

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Nearby Adventures

Saint Elmo

Colorado Trail: Collegiate West Segment 4

Continental Divide Trail: Colorado Section 21

Nearby Lodging + Camping

Cottonwood Lake Campground

Chalk Lake Campground

Mirror Lake Campground

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