Rainbow Lakes Camping Area | Colorado Camping Destinations

CAMPING • COLORADO

Rainbow Lakes

April 24, 2024

Located in the Arapaho National Forest, Rainbow Lakes Camping Area in Colorado offers breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains and nearby lakes. Visitors can explore the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area, hike trails such as the Arapaho Glacier Trail, or fish in the Rainbow Lakes. The campground boasts amenities such as fire pits, picnic tables, and vault toilets. The area has 18 campsites available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The best time to visit is from June to September, with average temperatures ranging from 60-70 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and dropping to 30-40 degrees at night. Rainbow Lakes Camping Area is a perfect place for nature enthusiasts to explore the beauty of the Rocky Mountains while enjoying serene camping experiences.

Streamgauge	Streamflow	Gage Height
ST. VRAIN CREEK AT MOUTH	261 cfs	2.3 ft
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT HENDERSON	262 cfs	3.6 ft
GRAND LAKE OUTLET BLW CHIPMUNK LN AT GRAND LK	129 cfs	8.6 ft
VASQUEZ CREEK AT WINTER PARK	16 cfs	1.7 ft
ST. LOUIS CREEK NEAR FRASER	14 cfs	1.5 ft
CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER AT FORT COLLINS	105 cfs	1.5 ft
BIG THOMPSON RIVER AT LOVELAND	101 cfs	1.7 ft

Fishing Destinations

Steuart Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Long Lake (Hell Canyon) - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Fishing is Fun #7

Idaho Springs Reservoir

Apache Trout • Brown Trout

Long Draw #2 Fishing Site

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Arapahoe Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Round Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Pear Lake & Creek - RMNP

Apache Trout • Black Sea Bass • Rainbow Trout

Emerald Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Permit

Beartrack Lakes

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Crater Lake (Hyslop Lake) - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Silver Dollar Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Sky Pond - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Fifth Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Coney Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Crystal Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Upper Lake & Stone Lake- IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Sandbeach Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brown Trout

Mirror Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Spruce Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout

Creedmore Lakes

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

South Saint Vrain Fishing Site #2

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Big Thompson River Fishing Site

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Banana Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Kelp Bass • Rainbow Trout • Smallmouth Bass

Fishing is Fun #12

Glass Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Sprague Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Rainbow Trout

Comanche Lake

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Columbine Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Pinewood Reservoir

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Jasper Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Wonderland Lake

Apache Trout • Bluegill • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Georgetown Lake

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Lily Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Devil`s Thumb Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Jewel Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Red Rock Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Kelp Bass • Largemouth Bass • Rainbow Trout

Slater Lake

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Iceberg Lakes - JPWA

American Eel • Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Peacock Pool - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Butterfly Peacock Bass

Lake Solitude - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Charlie Taylor Water Wheel Park

Meadow Creek Reservoir

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Cutthroat Trout

Gourd Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Dowdy Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Ouzel Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Bob Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Rainbow Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout

Fern Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout • Splake

Loomis Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Lake Envy - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Lake Haiyaha - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Rainbow Trout

Black Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Black Sea Bass • Brook Trout

Wellington Lake

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Maxwell Lake

Apache Trout

Mitchell Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

West Lake Day Use Area

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Urad Reservoir - Upper

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Ralph Price Reservoir (Button Rock)

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Estes Lake

Apache Trout • Lake Trout

James Peak Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Rock Lake & Little Rock Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Murray Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Haynach Lakes & Drainage - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Brainard Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Hutcheson Lakes - RMNP

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Fay Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Gibraltar Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Eggers Fishing Access

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Blue Catfish • Brown Trout • Channel Catfish • Cutthroat Trout • Kelp Bass • Rainbow Trout

Lawn Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brown Trout

Rogers Peak Lake (Rogers Pass) - JPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Freewater Bridge Fishing Site

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Barnes Meadow Reservoir

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Timber Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Bill Moore Lake

American Eel • Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Left Hand Reservoir - IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Odessa Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Red Deer Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Lost Lake (Cameron Pass)

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Summit Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Chicago Lakes

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Lake Isabelle - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Chinn`s Lake

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Rainbow Trout

Fishing is Fun #8

Pony Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brown Trout

Trap Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Skyscraper Reservoir - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Jenny Lake - IPWA

Brook Trout • Rainbow Trout • Tiger Trout

Pettingell Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

The Loch - RMNP

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Roosevelt Lakes

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Yankee Doodle Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Fall River Reservoir

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Ice Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

South Saint Vrain Fishing Site #5

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout

Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Shadow Mountain Reservoir

American Shad • Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Lake Trout • Rainbow Trout

Philadelphia Mill Site Open Space Park

Peterson Lake (Nederland)

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Dream Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Permit • Rainbow Trout

Shelf Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Long Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Neva Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Fishing is Fun #10

Fourth Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Bellaire Lake

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Ypsilon Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Permit

Monarch Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Loch Lomond Lake

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Northern Pike

Indian Meadows Fishing Site

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Eleven Mile Reservoir

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Northern Pike

South Saint Vrain Fishing Site #4

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Ten Lake Park - RMNP

Apache Trout • Black Sea Bass • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Pine Valley Ranch Pond

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Little Echo Lake - JPWA

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Cone Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Game Check Trailhead

Crawford Lake (Hell Canyon) - IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Gibson Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Square Top Lakes

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Cheesman Reservoir

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Woodland Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout • Tiger Trout

Frozen Lake

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Kelp Bass

Heart Lake - JPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Lake Nanita & Drainage - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Storm Lake - IPWA

Black Crappie • Blue Catfish • Channel Catfish • Walleye • White Perch • Yellow Perch

West Lake

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Barker Reservoir

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout

Parvin Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Sherwin Lake

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Tarryall Reservoir

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Reynolds Lake

Apache Trout • Brown Trout

Betty Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Fishing is Fun #6

Creedmore Lake Fishing Site

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Lake Trout • Rainbow Trout

Fishing is Fun #11

Browns Lake

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Lake Verna & Spirit Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout

Lincoln Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Box Lake & Drainage - RMNP

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Copeland Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Northern Pike • Rainbow Trout

Moraine Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Upper Diamond Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Thunder Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Lake Edith

Apache Trout • Black Sea Bass • Brown Trout

Lost Lake - JPWA

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Big Thompson River

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Comanche Reservoir

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Clayton Lake - JPWA

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Laramie Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Diamond Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout

King Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Lone Pine Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Rainbow Trout

Blue Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout

Forest Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Ethel Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Watanga Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Fishing is Fun #4

Long Draw #1 Fishing site

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Lake Dorothy - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Lake Caroline

Mills Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Central City Park Pond

Apache Trout • Blue Catfish • Brown Trout • Channel Catfish • Rainbow Trout

Arrowhead Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Frigid Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Crater Lakes - JPWA

Apache Trout

Granby Lake

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Lake Trout • Rainbow Trout

Caribou Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout

Deep Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Chambers Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Spinney Mountain Reservoir

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Long Draw #3 Fishing Site

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Permit • Rainbow Trout

Island Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout

Byron Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

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