USDA Forest Service · Colorado
Burro Bridge
USDA Forest Service · Colorado, United States
- Sites
- 4
- Hookups
- 1 no hookups
- Season
- May 15 to September 26
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 9,144 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile none · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Access road
- BURRO BRIDGE CG (NFSR 691) · crushed aggregate or gravel · suitable for passenger cars
- Lake
- San Juan National Forest
- Nearest town
- Telluride
- Phone
- N/A
1 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Overview
This location is available on a first-come, first-served basis only. Visitors are required to physically arrive at the campground to purchase and claim a site. Once on-site, you may be able to pay for your campsite(s) by scanning a QR code using the Recreation.gov mobile app, and the Scan and Pay feature.
If this option is available, you will need to first download the free Recreation.gov mobile app https://www.recreation.gov/mobile-app prior to your arrival as some remote areas have limited or no cellular service.
Facilities
Two miles northeast of Dunton, Burro Bridge is one of three campgrounds along the West Dolores Road (Forest Rd. 535). The campground has 14 sites with a few shade trees on a sloping hillside above the West Dolores River.
The campground provides easy access to the Lizard Head Wilderness, but not easy access to the water.
Services include vault toilets, picnic tables, and fire grates. No trash service is available.
This campground provides limited services from late September through October. Between October and May there are no services (water, trash pick up or restrooms). Please keep the campground clean and pack out any trash!
Contact Info
For facility specific information, please call (661) 702-1420.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 13° | -14° | 43° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 32° | 15° | -8° | 46° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 36° | 17° | 3° | 55° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 45° | 25° | 5° | 55° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 53° | 32° | 14° | 61° | 10 of 11 |
| June | 68° | 42° | 30° | 80° | 3 of 11 |
| July | 75° | 51° | 42° | 81° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 70° | 48° | 42° | 79° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 66° | 44° | 30° | 75° | 1 of 11 |
| October | 54° | 33° | 3° | 65° | 8 of 10 |
| November | 45° | 24° | -6° | 57° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 34° | 12° | -12° | 51° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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