Guanella Pass

Guanella Pass Campground is located about 7 miles south of Georgetown on the South Fork of Clear Creek, along the Guanella Pass Scenic Byway. It sits at an elevation of 10,900 feet in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests. The byway follows an old wagon route that linked the mining towns of Georgetown and Grant, Colorado. Visitors can go trout fishing on the South Fork of Clear Creek. Silver Dollar Lake is nearby but cannot be reached by car; instead, the Silver Dollar Lake Trail leads hikers above treeline to the scenic lake. The campground is split into two loops by the county road and South Clear Creek. There are 18 sites: eleven are suitable for RV camping and seven are more suitable for tents. Large RVs are not recommended on the byway. Most of the sites are in the open, with some tent sites located among spruce trees. Each site has a tent pad, picnic table, fire ring and charcoal grill. The roads through the campground are gravel, and the facility provides hand pumps with potable water, vault toilets and trash dumpsters. The Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland sit along the foothills and Rockies of Colorado, covering 1.5 million acres and extending north to the Wyoming border, south to Mount Evans and west across the Continental Divide. The area includes mountains, lakes and five scenic byways designated by Congress for their scenery, wildlife or history. Mount Evans Road, also known as Colorado Highway 5, allows visitors to drive from 10,500 to 14,130 feet above sea level in just 14 miles. Visitors enjoy touring historic Georgetown, a former mining town of about 1,000 residents. Additional ghost towns dot the region.