Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, Gunnison National Forest
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, Gunnison National Forest

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About Matterhorn

Matterhorn Campground is located along the San Juan Skyway (Colorado Highway 145), near the quaint town of Telluride, at an elevation of 8.5 ft. Visitors enjoy the area for its beautiful scenery, hiking and off-road opportunities.

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2026 (Current year)

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14 Sites Available

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🚐 007, Loop: MATTERHORN RV
Pet Friendly · 30 amp · Paved
🚐 009, Loop: MATTERHORN RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 010, Loop: MATTERHORN RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 011, Loop: MATTERHORN RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 015, Loop: MATTERHORN RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 016, Loop: MATTERHORN RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 017, Loop: MATTERHORN RV
Pet Friendly
🚐 018, Loop: MATTERHORN RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Pull-through
🚐 019, Loop: MATTERHORN RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 020, Loop: MATTERHORN RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In
🚐 024, Loop: MATTERHORN RV
Pet Friendly · 30 amp · Paved
🚐 025, Loop: MATTERHORN RV
Pet Friendly · 30 amp · Paved
🚐 026, Loop: MATTERHORN RV
Pet Friendly · 30 amp · Paved
🚐 027, Loop: MATTERHORN RV
Pet Friendly · Paved · Driveway entry: Back-In

Reviews (172)

What Guests Are Saying

Matterhorn Campground offers a beautiful setting with friendly and accommodating hosts, making it a memorable place to stay. The campground features well-maintained facilities, including clean showers and bathrooms, and provides easy access to hiking and nearby attractions like Telluride. While some sites may experience noise from the main road and proximity to other campers, many guests appreciate the spaciousness and privacy of certain sites, along with the overall cleanliness and upkeep of the campground.

Review Summary

4.5
172 reviews
5
73.3%
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4
15.1%
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3
4.1%
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3.5%
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4.1%
7

TIMOTHY R

Verified

July 3, 2026 • Stayed at: 025, Loop: MATTERHORN

5

Matterhorn Campground is fantastic! We stayed 5 nights in mid June. Site amenities were great, especially with full hookups! Campground is super quiet after dark.
Camp hosts were very cordial, helpful and chatty! Loved it! Super close to Telluride as well.
Highly recommended and I hope to come back!!!!👍🏼

Philip K

Verified

July 3, 2026 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: MATTERHORN

5

The campground is beautiful and very well maintained. The camp hosts were very friendly and helpful, they kept the bathrooms and showers spotless. Amazing experience at this campground that is surrounded by stunning mountains, lakes and streams.

Heather P

Verified

June 29, 2026 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: MATTERHORN

5

This is the nicest location! So much to do. I appreciate the showers! No cell service though.

Timothy D

Verified

June 26, 2026 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: MATTERHORN

2

This campground is grossly overrated in the reviews. I guess is your idea of enjoying nature is to seal yourself into a massive Highway Hippo that is spitting distance from other Hippos, then this place may earn the 4.5-star rating it is given. True, it is within 8 mi of the commercial scrum of Telluride, if that is what you seek. However, it is a crowded, noisy campground located adjacent to a state highway and at the bottom of a steep grade. You will experience a symphony of big rig compression brakes the percussion of which you will feel in your chest, loud cars with modified mufflers accelerating up the long grade, and the seemingly ubiquitous groups of, very loud motorcycles. Somehow they manage to make lots of noise even when going downhill.
The hosts of this poor campground could not have been nicer. I felt sorry for them....
The restrooms were kept in perfect condition. There were abundant shared taps for water, though not for RV hookup.
If your idea of camping is enjoying the sights and sounds of nature, you might want to pass on this one.

Emily N

Verified

June 25, 2026 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: MATTERHORN

5

Really sweet campsite host and well kept campsite! Beautiful location.

Kathleen R

Verified

June 22, 2026 • Stayed at: 016, Loop: MATTERHORN

5

Really nice campground. Super friendly, helpful hosts. Site was level and nicely spaced from other sites.

Barry C

Verified

June 19, 2026 • Stayed at: 026, Loop: MATTERHORN

2

No privacy

Karen F

Verified

June 14, 2026 • Stayed at: 019, Loop: MATTERHORN

5

Excellent! Nice sites. Very friendly hosts.

Cheryl W

Verified

June 12, 2026 • Stayed at: 015, Loop: MATTERHORN

5

This was our first visit to this campground and we enjoyed it immensely. We stayed at site 15, a back-in site. There was a bit of a hill backing up the trailer to a level spot. The site was next to a vault toilet, which also serves as the nearest restroom for walk-in tent sites. The view from these sites and our own could not be beat. Bonus points for being right on the galloping goose trail out the door of our trailer, and for the free hot showers available to campers. Would be nice if they had a dish sink, but they do not. Hosts were super awesome. We would come back here. It's not too far from Telluride, so it's easy to get provisions or go out to dinner. There are some electric/water/dump sites available at this campground as well. The nearest RV dump station was in Cayton campground, about 9 mi away over the lizard head pass. It costs money if you don't camp there, and there does not appear to be rinse water. We had very limited cell service in some open areas near the campground.

Emma K

Verified

February 2, 2026 • Stayed at: 025, Loop: MATTERHORN

4

We stayed at site 025 on 8/13 on our way through Colorado on a cross country roadtrip. The sites were close together and lacked privacy, but we felt safe as two young women. The area is beautiful and I would love to camp here again, although would probably try to find a more private site/one better suited to tent camping. There is no tent pad and we had a difficult time getting our stakes in the ground. The shower facilities are free, warm, large, and clean which was a wonderful surprise and is much more than I could say about most campground showers we used on this trip.

Location & Directions for Matterhorn

Uncompahgre National Forest, Montrose, CO 81402 United States

Elevation: 2,889 ft

Getting There

From Telluride, travel approximately 7 mi south on Highway 145. Watch for campground signs; the turn off from the road is on the left.

Nearest town

Montrose, CO - 71 mi

About over 1 hr (88 min) to downtown

Policies & Rules

General

  • Standard Single Family sites: Recreation Use Fee allows ONE camping unit ONLY.
  • campers are not considered a "no-show" until 24 hours after arrival date check in time. Our policy is that your site will not be released before that.
  • Extra Vehicles: Cannot be paid for in advance - upon arrival coordinate with the host for payment and where to park.
  • FIRST COME FIRST SERVE sites must be booked in person. DO NOT call to determine availability, as they are only available on-site.
  • Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing organisms by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
  • Click here for more information on the Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forests
  • Opening and closing dates are weather permitting, please call 928-537-8888 for more information.

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Last updated: October 18, 2026

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