For just a car/small RV, the best site might be a scenic overview turnout close to Garnet, which even has a picknick table. If you have a tent, there are some grassy turnouts before mile 3 or so. If you go towards Elk Creek you will find even more (and more quiet) ones. To get to Garnet Ghost Town, which some old-timers claim is a veritable ‘ghost town’ actually haunted and occupied by specters, turn onto the well-signed Garnet Range Road near the 22-mile marker on Highway 200 east of Potomac and travel about 11 bumpy miles. The road north of Garnet is an easy gravel road with plenty of turnouts for camping. Garnet Ghost Town Directions, Information. There are no opportunities for camping to the south of Garnet (in fact, some of the owners of the adjacent properties are very keen on letting you know that you are not welcome on their land, and that you are being watched by their hidden cameras it has a creepily paranoid feel, and I was a little afraid of taking a wrong turn). You probably don't need high clearance, but I would recommend 4wd. The last two miles of the road from 90 are rough and narrow. There is no camping within half a mile of the town, incl around the parking lot, but there is a nice day use picnic area with vault toilets, water, tables, and fire rings. There is a $3 fee per person to visit the ghost town itself (which is interesting). We came in from the south and left to the north.
If you have a choice, I recommend coming from and leaving towards the north. You can get to Garnet, the ghost town, from the north (off 200) or south (off 90). We found prairie fire and mountain lupine blooming along with several other lovely flowers in late June. We had shade in the evening and in the morning. We told them we were leaving as they went to scout around for a site.īeautiful pine forest with the deadfall all cleaned out. Another class C motor home pulled up as we were packing up. We enjoyed walking up the trail behind our site. The bull scratched himself on the pine tree by the RV until he decided we weren’t a threat. We woke up to mooing! Beef cattle eyed us for some time before moving on.
We didn’t ask to stay there, but that could be an option. There is a “no camping” sign by the parking lot to the ghost town, but one RV was parked and the owners looked pretty comfortable. We saw a handful of people looking for sites after we arrived around 5 pm. There were just a few bugs, but less of them once we started our fire. We scored the only nice level site with a fire ring we saw off the road to Coloma. We drove in and out via 200 like someone suggested. What a wonderful experience! Read previous reviews.