Horseshoe Campground

Horseshoe Campground sits along its namesake creek near a grassy meadow among aspen, Engelmann spruce and bristlecone pines in the San Isabel National Forest. Trees provide good privacy between campsites, which are located at the base of Sheep Mountain. Visitors enjoy the Limber Grove Trail, a 3-mile mountainside path that winds through 1,000-year-old limber pine with gigantic twisted trunks. Fishing or wading in Horseshoe Creek are also popular pastimes. The campground fits RVs up to 25 feet in length. Picnic tables, vault toilets, drinking water and campfire rings are provided. Hikers looking for the thrill of "fourteeners," the term for mountain peaks above 14,000 feet, will find Horseshoe Campground to be an ideal location to camp. The primitive campground is located near Mount Sherman, Lincoln, Bross and Democrat, all impressive peaks for avid hikers. At elevation 10,600 feet, it's not hard to find fantastic mountain views. The nearest town is Fairplay, Colorado, a historic gold mining settlement of the Pikes Peak Gold Rush, with an open air museum that helps recreate the life and times of the 19th century gold rush era. The nearby County Route 18 marks the Horseshoe/Fourmile Historic Auto Tour.