This is the closest campground to Bear Lake. This is a Glacier Basin Campground map (150 kb), located further down Bear Lake Road beyond Moraine Park, and at a higher elevation. This is a map of Moraine Park Campground (200 kb), the largest and most popular campground in Rocky Mountain National Park, located off the Bear Lake Road in beautiful Moraine Park. This is a Rocky Mountain backcountry campsite map (2.2 mb), showing designated backcountry campsites and dispersed camping areas, including their elevations and distance from the trailhead. Here’s a Lumpy Ridge trail map (100 kb), showing the popular trail to Gem Lake (and others) accessed from outside the main boundaries of Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park. Um, please don’t attempt to climb Longs Peak with just this! This hand-drawn Longs Peak trail map (200 kb) shows a very general overview of the trails in the Longs Peak region of Rocky Mountain National Park. Get here early on summer weekends before parking fills! This Wild Basin trail map (350 kb) shows the distance and elevation game to popular locations such as Ouzel Falls, Bluebird Lake, and Sandbeach Lake. Also nice are the included trail descriptions and time estimates.

Here’s a Kawuneeche trail map and guide (1.0 mb), showing the locations and distance of many of the relatively quiet west side trails. These trails will be less crowded than the ones near Bear Lake. The Fall River trail map (450 kb) includes the Old Fall River Road and trails accessed from Upper Beaver Meadows, Deer Ridge, and more. The Bear Lake trail map (400 kb) zooms in on the Bear Lake Road and shows mileages and elevation gain to popular destinations from the Bear Lake area: Glacier Gorge, Emerald Lake, Flattop Mountain, etc.

The free maps below are good for general planning, but won’t be too helpful once you’re on the actual trail due to lack of detail. I haven’t yet found any free Rocky Mountain trail maps good enough for navigation or route planning, so the National Geographic Trails Illustrated map is your best bet for hiking since it shows topographic lines, trail mileages, and backcountry campsites. Rocky Mountain trail and backcountry maps The full park map is also available as a high-quality art poster print from the NPMaps Rocky Mountain store.

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