--- title: Metberry Gulch Adventuring description: One of my favorite camping spots that’s close to home in Colorado. Metberry Gulch is north of Florissant and offers access to the South Platte River. It’s also a nice little 4x4 track. canonical_url: https://articles.swhammond.com/content/photography/205-metberry-gulch-adventuring language: en-GB date: 2025-08-15T02:11:23Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://articles.swhammond.com/content/photography/205-metberry-gulch-adventuring. markdown-tokens: 961 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://articles.swhammond.com/content/photography/205-metberry-gulch-adventuring. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. # Metberry Gulch Adventuring One of my favorite camping spots that’s close to home in Colorado. Metberry Gulch is north of Florissant and offers access to the South Platte River. It’s also a nice little 4x4 track. ## Published 12 September 2018 ## Refreshed 14 August 2025 ## Location Metberry Gulch, Colorado ## [Author](https://articles.swhammond.com/component/contact/contact/2-the-hud?catid=4) The HUD [ ![Wild fire burn scar. Colorado mountains.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/05/Metberry_Gultch-1-05e0d423.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/e1/Metberry_Gultch-1-e11b7a01.jpg) [ ![South Platte River, Colorado mountains.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/61/Metberry_Gultch-10-61543d2a.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/c1/Metberry_Gultch-10-c14dde52.jpg) [ ![Rock formation, Colorado mountains.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/42/Metberry_Gultch-12-425a43ba.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/b8/Metberry_Gultch-12-b8eab840.jpg) [ ![Moon with mountain skyline.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/43/Metberry_Gultch-16-43d8f391.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/f4/Metberry_Gultch-16-f47ba806.jpg) [ ![Glowing campfire with rock formation.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/23/Metberry_Gultch-17-23d37f6c.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/df/Metberry_Gultch-17-df802062.jpg) [ ![Red glow from campfire illuminating trees in the distance.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/a0/Metberry_Gultch-20-a0079dad.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/8f/Metberry_Gultch-20-8fe5c699.jpg) [ ![Starry night sky with red glowing campfire.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/87/Metberry_Gultch-21-87ea3c48.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/eb/Metberry_Gultch-21-ebdc5d46.jpg) [ ![Starry night sky with glowing pine tree.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/d0/Metberry_Gultch-22-d076922f.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/38/Metberry_Gultch-22-38d231cc.jpg) [ ![Man gazing at night sky with glowing pine tree.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/6e/Metberry_Gultch-23-6e027f0d.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/6b/Metberry_Gultch-23-6b0923c9.jpg) [ ![Yawkey, dog, camping.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/0e/Metberry_Gultch-3-0e2c66e8.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/b5/Metberry_Gultch-3-b586d3b9.jpg) [ ![2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ camping in the Colorado mountains.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/bd/Metberry_Gultch-4-bdb8e57c.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/a1/Metberry_Gultch-4-a1696824.jpg) [ ![2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ camping in the Colorado mountains.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/7a/Metberry_Gultch-5-7aab251c.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/2b/Metberry_Gultch-5-2bf1b2c7.jpg)