Chapman Campground And Group
CHAPMAN CAMPGROUND AND GROUP
Part of White River National Forest
Overview
Situated above the Ruedi Reservoir, Chapman Campground sits at the base of a wide valley adjacent to the Fryingpan River in White River National Forest.Sites are surrounded by lodgepole pine, and several are at the river's edge, offering an ideal setting for visitors seeking recreation and relaxation.
Facilities
Chapman Campground has 84 standard sites suitable for tents, trailers, and RVs. The campground is equipped with picnic tables, campfire rings, vault toilets, and drinking water located in Loops F, G & H. Electrical hook-ups are not available. Trash and recycling collection is provided.
Chapman Group Site has one site available for reservation. There is no electric hook-up but potable water is available withing the campground at the fill station spigots. The Group Site facilities include: hardened parking for campers and passenger vehicles along the access road into the site. The site has 6 regular fire rings and 1 group size rock fire ring, 1 pedestal grill, 5 food lockers, 7 picnic tables, and a horseshoe pit.
Vehicles must stay on the main road or pull outs. Vehicles are not allowed to travel into the woods. All camping in the woods must be hand carried.
Natural Features
In the heart of the Rocky Mountains, the 2.3 million acre White River National Forest is a place of serenity and adventure, boasting 8 wilderness areas, 4 defined seasons, and 10 peaks surpassing 14,000 feet in elevation.Wildlife in the area abounds. Bighorn sheep navigate rocky ridges and bull elk bugle at dusk. Scenic rivers sustain populations of cutthroat, rainbow, and brown trout. Alpine regions provide habitat for pika and ptarmigan. These species, along with many others, depend on surrounding undeveloped wilderness, clean streams, and diverse forests to live.
Recreation
Flowing through this campground is Fryingpan River, renowned for its fly fishing. Downriver, below the campground and Ruedi Dam, large rainbow, brown, cutthroat and brook trout are plentiful in an area nicknamed the "toilet bowl." Here, the fish feed on mysis shrimp, a small freshwater shrimp stocked in the lake.The stretch of river from the dam down to the confluence of Fryingpan and the Roaring Fork River has been designated as Gold Medal Waters by the Colorado Wildlife Commission. Special regulations in this area include fishing only with artificial flies and lures, and releasing all trout except brown trout, with a limit of 2 fish over 14 inches.
Chapman Reservoir is also an option for anglers wanting to cast lines in at its shore. Motorized watercraft is prohibited on Chapman Reservoir.
A horseshoe pit and volleyball court encourage game playing. A nature trail can be accessed from the site.
Contact Info
For facility specific information, please call (801) 226-3564.Important Notices
Dogs must be always on a leash and with owner at all times.
Campers must occupy the site the first night at a campsite. This prevents booking the site for Fri-Sun and showing up on Saturday.
Campers may leave the site for 24 hours and must occupy the site otherwise. This allows a camper to say go for an overnight backpack trip in the woods for one night and come back to their campsite the next day.
Gate entering the group site must ALWAYS remain closed. Tell all your guests and vendors-this is very important!
All garbage shall be removed from the site and deposited in the appropriate receptacle by check out time.
Check out time is noon and check in time is 2pm.
It is imperative that you are clear from the site at noon on your check out day so the host can come prepare the site for the next event. Please don't be the group that makes the incoming group have to wait.
Off Highway Vehicle Use is NOT allowed at the group or other campground sites.
All food, beverage and trash must be always attended by an adult, this requires someone within 100 feet of the attractants. Otherwise, all attractants shall be stored in a locked vehicle/camper or food lockers.
Campers must adhere to the food storage rule as well and store all attractants in a locked vehicle unless attending the food, garbage, etc.
Tent camping is allowed inside the designated area.
RV's and campers must be parked on the hardened gravel road surface.
RV's and campers cannot hook up to water via the spigots, the spigot is for self-fill jugs only located outside of the group area adjacent to the main kiosk fee station.
Fires are restricted to the metal fire rings or pedestal grill, no other open burning is allowed.
Check with the Ranger District or American Land & Leisure prior to your event to investigate fire restrictions. In event of fire restrictions, you may only be able to use propane cooking facilities.
Quite hours are from 10pm to 6am, please respect other visitors to the forest and the neighboring campground. Sounds travel in the mountains, don't be that rowdy party that disturbs others.
VENDOR AND EVENT REQUIREMENTS
Renters of these sites may hire vendors to support their use such as catering, flowers, music, ceremony efficient, photography, chair rental, etc. These vendors are not required to obtain a separate permit to provide these services. However, the party who rented Windy Point via Recreation.gov is responsible for all actions and/or damage taken by the vendors. The vendor must follow all site rules. All vendors shall adhere to check-in/out times for set up and especially retrieval of their equipment. In event the vendor does not retrieve their equipment, the renter is responsible to remove the equipment by noon on checkout day.
Vendor Requirements
-Commercial Filming and Still Photography: purpose is for a pre-paid film/photography service to document the event only. The products are only available to the client who reserved the group site and their guests. No re-sale is allowed.
-Food and Drink Catering: purpose is for a prep-paid food/beverage service provided by the client who booked the group site for the sole service to their guests of the event. No other service shall be offered to other recreation visitors.
-Music: Music shall be 80 decibels or less as to not disturb other forest users. Music and the overall event shall adhere to the posted quite hours of 10pm to 6am, the event must shut down between those hours.
-Chair and Seating: Additional pre-paid seating may be provided by the client who booked the event site. All seating shall be placed on hardened surfaces. Even numbers shall meet posted site limitations.
-Event Tents: Appropriately sized tents shall only be placed on/over gravel, hardened areas such as the parking area, concrete pad, or gravel gathering area at Forest Loop. No tents allowed on grass, in the woods etc.
-Flowers and other decorations: A pre-paid vendor hired by the client who booked the group site is allowable. All decorations shall be removed immediately post event and not be allowed to bow away or be strewn about the site. Decorations shall bot be affixed to natural features such as trees, rocks, or other vegetation.
-Release or throwing of animals, vegetation, or any other materials: Ariel release of any/all items such as but not limited to doves, other birds, butterflies, balloons, rice, petals, flowers, fireworks, reveal features, or any other item is prohibited. These users are not considered nominal and are prohibited. This is a natural environment, and all celebratory its shall reflect the setting.
Event use is NOT allowed on Chapman Lake, all event activities must occur within the group site.
All vehicles shall stay on the road system, no vehicles are allowed to drive into the event space!
Available Activities
- WILDLIFE VIEWING - Wildlife Viewing
- HIKING - Hiking
- FISHING - Fishing
- CAMPING - Camping
- BIKING - Biking
Directions
Take I-70 west of Denver to Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Take exit 116 (Highway 82) south to Basalt. At Basalt, take Frying Pan Road. Go 29 miles to Chapman Campground.
Cancellation Policy
<p>Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.</p>
Contact Information
Phone: 970-927-0107
Aspen Sopris Ranger District PO Box 309Carbondale, CO 81623
Rental Options
Available Campsites
- Site 010, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 056, Loop F, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 005, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 034, Loop E, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 032, Loop E, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 043, Loop F, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 035, Loop E, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 075, Loop H, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 047, Loop F, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 024, Loop E, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 048, Loop F, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 027, Loop E, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 060, Loop G, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 074, Loop H, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 044, Loop F, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 015, Loop D, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 073, Loop H, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 078, Loop H, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 025, Loop E, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 081, Loop H, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 012, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 042, Loop F, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 076, Loop H, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 016, Loop D, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 006, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 059, Loop G, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 020, Loop D, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 050, Loop F, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 1, Loop CHAP, Type Group Standard Nonelectric
- Site 040, Loop E, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 004, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 002, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 023, Loop E, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 065, Loop G, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 080, Loop H, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 019, Loop D, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 079, Loop H, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 058, Loop G, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 061, Loop G, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 057, Loop G, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 070, Loop G, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 053, Loop F, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 037, Loop E, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 031, Loop E, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 077, Loop H, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 069, Loop G, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 017, Loop D, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 049, Loop F, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 003, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 066, Loop G, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 064, Loop G, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 026, Loop E, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 054, Loop F, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 072, Loop H, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 046, Loop F, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 051, Loop F, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 068, Loop G, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 063, Loop G, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 011, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 083, Loop H, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 033, Loop E, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 039, Loop E, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 071, Loop H, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 036, Loop E, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 014, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 052, Loop F, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 041, Loop E, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 001, Loop A, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 038, Loop E, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 082, Loop H, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 067, Loop G, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 062, Loop G, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 018, Loop D, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 013, Loop C, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 055, Loop F, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 045, Loop F, Type Standard Nonelectric
