Springer Pit

Springer Pit: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Springer Pit

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Springer Pit — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.93408, -106.27719. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Springer Pit

• Platte River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~22 km · Must-see
• Savage Run Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~37 km · Must-see
• Jelm Mountain · viewpoint · Albany · ~39 km · Must-see
• State Forest State Park · sanctuary · Jackson · ~43 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel · viewpoint · Jackson · ~43 km · Must-see
• Rawah Wilderness · sanctuary · Larimer · ~44 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel Wilderness · sanctuary · Routt · ~52 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · sanctuary · Carbon · ~53 km · Must-see
• Encampment River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~57 km · Must-see
• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~57 km · Must-see
• Clark Peak · viewpoint · Larimer · ~58 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow Peak · viewpoint · Albany · ~59 km · Must-see
• Chambers Lake · lake · Larimer · ~64 km · Must-see
• South Bald Mountain · viewpoint · Larimer · ~66 km · Must-see
• Pearl Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~68 km · Must-see
• Hahns Peak · viewpoint · Routt · ~70 km · Must-see
• Seven Utes Mountain · viewpoint · Jackson · ~73 km · Must-see
• Neota Wilderness · sanctuary · Larimer · ~73 km · Must-see

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Other forts & heritage near Springer Pit

• Fort Sanders Guardhouse · fort · Albany · ~85 km · Must-see
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• Fort Halleck · fort · Carbon · ~109 km · Must-see
• Hanna Basin Museum · fort · Carbon · ~133 km · Must-see
• Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site · fort · Carbon · ~137 km · Must-see
• Fort Collins Colorado Temple · fort · Larimer · ~144 km · Must-see
• American Mine · fort · Albany · ~16 km
• Many Values Prospect · fort · Albany · ~16 km
• Pelton Creek Mine · fort · Albany · ~16 km
• Magnolia Lode · fort · Albany · ~17 km

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