Antonito · US
Aspen Glade Campground
Tucked into the high country along Colorado's Conejos River, Aspen Glade Campground is a small, three-loop Forest Service campground on Highway 17 that pairs a fast-flowing Gold Medal trout stream with aspen-and-spruce woods at 8,500 feet. It is one of the most atmospheric basecamps in the San Juan Mountains, just a short drive from Antonito, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, and the wilder reaches of the Conejos Canyon.
The campground is built around 32 roomy, individually reservable sites spread across three loops — two open glades beneath Ponderosa pines and a third shaded by mature spruce, fir and aspen right at the river's edge. There are no electric or water hookups, but every site gets a table, fire ring, vault restrooms, and on-site potable water, the kind of low-key, well-kept Forest Service campground that fly anglers, families, and road trippers on the San Juan Skyway tend to keep to themselves.