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Colorado Campgrounds-What you need to know
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This channel provides campers who want to camp in Colorado with videos of Colorado's best campgrounds, including their facilities, campground loops, and campsites. Videos feature the top campgrounds in Colorado's National and State Parks, State Wildlife Areas, BLM lands, and select private campgrounds. Whether you are a tent camper, pull a trailer, or drive an RV, the videos will help you decide which campgrounds you want to target for reservations. What's more, the companion website, "Colorado Campgrounds-What you need to know" provides you with specific details for each campsite: campsite photos, type of views, spacing, amount of shade, length of campsite, grade, electric, water, and sewer services, distance to the bathroom, and campsite amenities such as table, shelter, grill, and fire-ring. Also provided in the companion website is information about marijuana, alcohol, fireworks, guns, altitude sickness, high country driving, and what you need to see while visiting Colorado.
Elk Creek Campground and RV Park
View a drive-through video of the Elk Creek Campground and RV Park located on the edge of Grand Lake, Colorado near the west entrance of the Rocky Mountain National Park. Elk Creek is a private campground that has 50 campsites, most with electric hookups and some with full hookups. Tent camping is also permitted and cabins are available for rent. Campers can use the Elk Creek Campground and RV Park as a home base from which to explore the Rocky Mountain National Park.
This CZcams channel, "Colorado Campgrounds--What you need to know," provides drive-through videos of all of Colorado's State Parks that provide RV and trailer camping, as well as videos of Colorado's four National Parks: Rocky Mountain National Park, Black Canyon, Mesa Verde, and the Great Sand Dunes. Select forest service and private campgrounds are also featured.
This CZcams channel, "Colorado Campgrounds--What you need to know," provides drive-through videos of all of Colorado's State Parks that provide RV and trailer camping, as well as videos of Colorado's four National Parks: Rocky Mountain National Park, Black Canyon, Mesa Verde, and the Great Sand Dunes. Select forest service and private campgrounds are also featured.
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Golden Gate Canyon State Park
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This video provides viewers with a drive-through view of Golden Gate Canyon State Park located near Blackhawk, Colorado. Golden Gate Canyon State Park has over 12,000 acres of high country fun ranging from camping to hiking, biking, horseback riding, fishing and even rock climbing. Golden Gate Canyon has many types of campgrounds: 1. Reverend's Ridge with 97 campsites targeting RVs, trailers, a...
Jackson Lake State Park
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Jackson Lake State Park is located in northeast Colorado between Greeley, Colorado and I-76. This video provides you with a drive-thru view of the 252 campsites within the five campgrounds located at Jackson Lake State Park. The State Park is called an "oasis on the plains" because of the 2500 acre lake which provides boating, water skiing, fishing and two swim beaches. Jackson Lake is heavily ...
Rocky Mountain National Park - Timber Creek Campground
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This video provides campers with a drive through view of the Timber Creek Campground located within the Rocky Mountain National Park. The Timber Creek Campground is 14 miles north of the west entrance of Rocky Mountain National Park near Grand Lake, Colorado. Timber Creek is the second largest campground within Rocky Mountain National Park; the largest is the Moraine Campground located on the e...
State Forest State Park
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This video of Colorado's State Forest State Park can be viewed @coloradocampgrounds-whatyo7709 State Forest State Park has five campgrounds, primitive and backcountry campsites located in a remote location in northern Colorado near the Wyoming border and just northwest of the Rocky Mountain National Park. Use this video to help choose your campsite at State Forest State Park. You will see drive...
Eleven Mile State Park
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Eleven Mile State Park is located at the southeast corner of South Park, some 50 miles west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Eleven Mile State Park has a large five-and-one-half-mile reservoir surrounded by nine campgrounds with over 300 campsites. You can fish, motorboat, sail, canoe, kayak and pontoon on the 3,000 acre lake. This video provides a drive-through video of each of the nine campgrou...
Chatfield State Park
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Chatfield State Park is a favorite of Colorado campers. Chatfield's 1500-acre lake, its full hookup campsites, and its proximity to Denver, keep the park busy throughout the year. This video provides viewers with a drive through look at Chatfield's 197 campsites. Viewers also see maps of the State Park which provide the locations and pictures of the Park's various amenities such as the boat ram...
Mogote Campground
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This video provides you with a drive-through look at the Mogote Campground in southern Colorado. The Mogote Campground is situated on the Conejos River in the River Grande National Forest. The Mogote Campground is a basic campground with 41 campsites, a group camping area, public water hydrants, and vault toilets. This CZcams Channel is a companion to our website: www.coloradocampgrounds.us.com...
Aspen Glade Campground
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This video provides you with a drive-through view of the Aspen Glade Campground located in southern Colorado near the New Mexico border on Highway 17. Aspen Glade is a small, 32-campsite campground located within the Rio Grande National Forest on the Conejos River. The campground has no hookups but provides water hydrants, vault toilets, and several campsites on the river. This channel supports...
Mancos State Park
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Mancos State Park is in southwest Colorado between Durango and Cortez, near Mesa Verde National Park. This video provides you with a drive-through view of Mancos State Park's two campgrounds: the Main Campground and the West Campground. This CZcams channel also supports our website: www.coloradocampgrounds.us.com. While this channel provides you with the video, the website provides campers with...
Highline Lake State Park
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This video provides you with a drive-through tour of Highline Lake State Park in western Colorado. This is a great Colorado State park situated in an old-growth cottonwood grove, so most campsites have good shade. It is a small State Park, however, with only 36 campsites. This CZcams channel is a companion site to our website, www.coloradocampgrounds.us.com. At the website you will find picture...
Crawford State Park
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This video provides a drive-through look at Crawford Sate Park which is located in the North Fork area of western Colorado. Crawford State Park has two campgrounds: Iron Creek and Clear Fork, both situated on a 400-acre reservoir. This CZcams channel is a companion site to our website, www.coloradocampgrounds.us.com. On our website you will find pictures of each campsite at Crawford State Park ...
James M Robb Colorado River State Park
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Stretching for 35 miles along the Colorado River and I-70 in western Colorado, James M Robb State Park provides a convenient location from which to explore western Colorado. This video provides you with drive through views of the Island Acres and Fruita Campgrounds within James M Robb State Park. This CZcams channel is a companion channel to our website, www.coloradocampgrounds.us.com Our websi...
Boyd Lake State Park
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View a drive through video of the Cottonwood Campground at Boyd Lake State Park. Boyd Lake State Park is a popular Colorado State Park located off Interstate 25 near Loveland, Colorado. The lake is a mecca for water sports and has a great sandy swim beach with a concession stand. The Cottonwood Campground has 148 pull-trough campsites, all paved and all with electric. For pictures of each camps...
North Sterling Reservoir State Park
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This drive-through video of North Sterling Reservoir State Park supports our website, www.coloradocampgrounds.us.com In the video you will see the three campgrounds within North Sterling State Park: Elks, Chimney View, and Inlet Grove.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park - Moraine Campground
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Rocky Mountain National Park - Moraine Campground
Excellent video 🙏 for your outstanding detailed information ❤️
Thanks for the comment. Enjoy your stay. We have been there numerous times.
you never show the cabins 1 and the yurt sites :(
Sorry
This was a really detailed video! I really appreciate the effort. I am camping there soon and now I know what I’m getting into!
You are welcome. cherry Creek is a great State Park with lots of amenities so close in to Denver. Happy camping.
Very helpful, thank you for making this video!
Sylvan Lake is a beautiful State Park. Happy camping!
I wish you showed the tent sites.
Sorry. I had pictures of every campsite including tent sites on my website which was a companion to my CZcams channel but someone hacked my website and I decided not to redo the work that took me thee years to complete.
@@coloradocampgrounds-whatyo7709 that’s too bad. I do t blame you for not going through the trouble again. I think we’ve settled on The Crags in Walden. We wanted to have trees around but not terribly far from a fishing spot. Do you happen know how rough the road is getting to the camp sites?
@jaimiesmith9502 Sorry, I do not. Some of the best tent sites that I have seen are at Rifle Falls State Park. The sites are along a creek I a heavily wooded area. The creek has small trout but a nearby lake offers more fishing at a sister state park. Happy camping.
does Elk Ridge Loop D site 87 have water and electric hook up?
Only electric. It does have water right across from the site but you will need a water container or fill up before you get set up in the site.
I was a ranger here in 05. Sylvan lake has been my favorite place ever since!
We loved the campground. It’s a gem for sure.
@@coloradocampgrounds-whatyo7709 there is a lot to do at that park and in eagle. Brush creek above the lake is filled with brown trout. If you are willing to hike a bit you will find cutthroat trout too. If you take the east fork road a few miles up there are yurts that the park rents and further up is a cave you can explore. There is a big cabin at the lake. I helped build it. As well as a few trails there I built. The one right off the visitor center is the first trail I’ve ever built it’s still there. If you like to forage mushrooms there is a puffball cluster that comes in every year I found one last year that was the size of a basketball. Sylvan lake is definitely god’s country.
Booked my first (car) camping trip in this park thanks to help from your video helping me see if this is a good first campground! Thank you!!
You are welcome! Mueller SP is one of our favorites. Go to McGinty’s Pub in nearby Divide for some wood fired pizza. Happy Camping.
Wow...what a great campground review. Thank you for a look at each site...greatly appreciated.
You are welcome. I have all of Colorado’s State and National Parks on the channel. Happy camping.
What about the safety there? *
I stayed in the Prairie Ridge Loop on the lake and had no issues. I had several other trailers around me. Try Arkansas Point which tends to have a lot of campers around if you are concerned for your safety. Happy camping!
Steve, This was an amazing comprehensive video. Thank you!
Thanks for the compliment. Hope you subscribed to the channel where I have all of Colorado’s camping State Parks posted. Happy camping!
Do you know if you can kayak in the reservoir? Or just boating seasonally? Thanks!
I went to Palomo SP in the fall and the water level was very low as the reservoir is heavily used by the farmers in the valley below. So I did not see any boating activity on the lake when I was there and the marina was closed. I did find this paragraph about the boating activities. “Boating: Water skiing, boat fishing, and general recreation are the main water activities on the 337-acre reservoir. Motorboats, sailboards, and other personal watercraft are permitted” Therefore it does appear that kayaking is permitted. You can always contact the state park administrators. Happy camping and thanks for using our CZcams channel.
@@coloradocampgrounds-whatyo7709 thank you so much for your reply! Heading out there next month and your video was helpful.
Spell check got me. Should have been Paonia SP
Just looking at 11 mile this week for a quik getaway ( only bout 1 hr 45 mins away from us ) I used Goog Earth to view Sat image of the campground so we could reference trees, shade, rocks for wind protection and where we could put a tent. There seems to be a few good sites at Rocky Ridge , however most are pretty wide open as evidenced from your Recon video. RV'ers do fine here but tent campers need to pick the right site otherwise they will get hammered by the winds coming across the whole of South Park valley -which is incredibly huge. Thanks for producing these videos its a tremendous help when trying to figure out a campground here in CO
Thanks for sharing! Very informative!
Thanks. Enjoy our CZcams channel and Chatfield SP.
Nice video
Sylvan Lake is a great camping hideaway. Take a look at Rifle Falls SP further west off I-70. It’s another of our favorites.
Great video! Thank you so much. Very well detailed.
Thanks for the feedback. Cherry Creek is a gem with the beach, lake, and bike trails. Happy Camping!
I am adventuring out to Timber Creek Campground for the first time in the coming days and found your video. This was extremely helpful information and I appreciate the drive through of the campsites! Excited to be visiting.
Great that you found our CZcams channel. Hope you venture into RMNP and see some elk and moose. The Trail Ridge Road is a must drive above treeline and across the alpine tundra on the highest continuously paved road in the U.S.
Hi, thanks so much for your video. Love to see it and I subscribed! I am looking to go here in a few weeks (early June). Staying in Witchers cove. Wondering if all the roads to get there are in bad shape? Do you think it’s worth finding a different site? Looks beautiful but scared it will mess up my car
I haven’t been there this year so I don’t know if they graded the road to knock down the gravel washboard. If you go real slow you will be alright.
Is there a fishing pier?
No. There is a small dock at the marina but not suitable for fishing. You can rent boats and pontoons at the marina.
This is a year after you posted this, but the timing was perfect for it to come up on our YT feed. We'll be hosting at Timber Creek this year (24) and have only done a very brief drive through previously. So thanks for giving us an enhanced lay of the land. We'll be heading there next weekend.
I really like staying there and am sorry I didn’t take my fly rod to fish the headwaters of the Colorado River which runs through the Kawuneeche Valley and along Timber Creek. Enjoy and thanks for viewing the video. I hope you subscribed to our CZcams channel. The website which used to accompany the CZcams channel was hacked 2 years ago and I decided not to rebuild it, losing three years of work. Oh well. Enjoy camping at TC.
@@coloradocampgrounds-whatyo7709 I bought a fly rod and license when we got to Colorado with the idea of doing something I haven't done in 40+ years. Hope to find an unclaimed spot in the National Forest to do some panning as well. So much to explore and do and so little time.
Great review 🍻
Thanks! Enjoy camping there.
I live 3 minutes away can't wait to take my new to me pop up camper out there
A good place for a test run. Enjoy.
Great video! We’re going next week and I hope the lakes aren’t still frozen. What time of year did you go? It looks green but I see snow still on the mountains.
Thanks...I shot this video May 31 - June 1, 2018. Lathrop was the first Colorado State Park. I suspect the lakes will not be frozen, but then it is Colorado!
Thanks for your videos. Your web link isn't working.
Thanks for viewing/using our videos to plan your Colorado camping trips. Hackers destroyed my website which took me three years and a significant investment to build. I decided not to rebuild the website but plan to keep the CZcams channel going. I will update the videos at some point, but it will require me to re-edit each video to remove the multiple website references and links.
Oh man that stinks. I'll continue to enjoy your videos. Thanks!
Thanks for all your hard work. I love state parks
I appreciate your positive feedback. Colorado is blessed with great State Parks.
Road will kill you they have hundreds of pot holes. Be careful
Yes, if you approach Eleven Mile State Park from the west, the road is in rough shape. If you approach Eleven Mile from the north, the pavement is in much better shape.
Thank you. This helps me plan ahead!
You’re welcome. Go to Big B’s Orchard in nearby Hotchkiss. Great outdoor cafe/music/orchard venue.
Great job, thank you for doing this, very helpful!
Enjoy Cherry Creek. Great as a home base to explore Denver.
Thank you. See you soon
Thank you too
Is this a safe park to camp in
I do not have any statistics to back this up but my wife and I felt safe when we camped there. We were in a trailer in the main campground.
We were in Reverend’s Ridge Loop C.
Beautiful camground!
Yes it is. The old cottonwoods provide some good shade. Happy camping!
Love your videos....keep up the great work!
Thanks for your comment. Happy camping!
Great tour. I have lived in the Denver area my entire life but never been here.
Thanks for the compliment. I hope you subscribed to the channel. Check out the video of Rifle Falls State Park with its triple 70 foot waterfalls. It’s out in western Colorado but worth a visit. Happy camping!
Hi do I need to book for the camp site for my car it’s not a camper I’ll just sleep in a car then .. what link if ever I need to pay btw I pay my registration so I don’t know if I still have to pay for the camp space thanks
When I visited Elk Creek Campground it was privately owned; it recently became a KOA. You will need to call them to see if they allow car camping. 888-562-0503. Good luck.
F loop camping this year was not good. The grass and weeds have grown up 3 to 4 feet in height everywhere below the dam, serious fire danger, don't know why they can't mow this mess. we will never camp here again. The restrooms were clean.
Sorry to hear this. We camped in Dutch Carlie when I shot this video and it was in great shape.
Booked at Site #1 in September to see some nice leaf colors for fall! Super excited to put my kayak on the lake. I'll have a great time with my family.
Should be gorgeous. Thanks for using our channel to check out Colorado’s campgrounds.
i lived there for about 4 months . I worked for the park ranger 4 days and the gypsum plant in Eagle for 4 days . The park ranger Joe Starbuck gave me a a job and a place to stay along with my wife and 2 young children .His cabin and ours are no longer there i see . Boy its nice to see this video all the same .We were there around 97 i think .Thankyou
Thanks for your comments and historical relationship with Sylvan Lake SP. What a beautiful place to live although I could imagine winters could get harsh. We sure enjoyed our stay there.
@@coloradocampgrounds-whatyo7709 Yes it gets a little snow !!!!We left and moved to Rifle Co. in September. I am going to come for a visit one day
Awesome video, thank u for showing the camp grounds
Glad you are finding them helpful. Happy camping!
We set up our tent in the darkness next to the river and were alarmingly awakened in the middle of the night by a horrendous screeching sound and a light as bright as the sun beaming right into our tent. We thought for sure we were about to be abducted by aliens, until it passed and we realized it was a train just across the river screeching up the grade. Phew!
Mmm…I have hiked those tracks to fish the Arkansas and thought that track was abandoned.
well it was around 1987 or '88@@coloradocampgrounds-whatyo7709
Love your videos...we are heading to Colorado in the fall...any suggestions for lower elevation camping for end of October?? We are in a Class B Leisure Travel Van
Which direction are you coming from?
Will be coming from Moab heading east to Black Gunnison then back toward Denver@@coloradocampgrounds-whatyo7709
I assume by your comment that you mean that you are traveling the southern route across Colorado and stopping at the National park, Black Canyon of the Gunnison. You may want to check out the Great Sand Dunes National Park which features the largest sand dunes in the U.S. Further east is one of our favorite state parks named Mueller SP (electric hook-ups). A small hidden gem near Mueller is Eleven Mile Canyon (not to be confused with Eleven Mile State Park). Eleven Mile Canyon has no hook-ups but is very unique with three 1800’s train tunnels that you drive through along a stunning cascading river between towering canyon walls. At Colorado Springs, we have camped several times at Cheyenne Mountain State Park (near NORAD) which overlooks the Colorado plains and Fort Carson (you can hear taps in the evening). Finally, in Denver Cherry Creek State Park is on a Reservoir with several camping loops in an old cottonwood grove. You can view videos of these campgrounds on our CZcams channel. Happy camping!
UPDATE!! CHIMNEY VIEW NOW HAS 50AMP SERVICE
Thanks for that update.
Great job on the video 📸 I'll subscribe 👍 Very helpful.
Thanks for subscribing. Enjoy your time at State Forest. I am sure you will see some moose.
Thats me site #280
Thanks for checking out our CZcams Channel...!
Great video! #subscribed
Thank you so much for subscribing! Enjoy our channel and find just the right Colorado campsite.
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO! ❤️
Thanks for checking out our CZcams channel. We have Colorado's four national parks and all of the State Parks (offering RV/trailer camping), as well of some of our campground favorites. Enjoy Colorado camping!
Cool. Nicely done
Thanks for checking us out. Enjoy our channel and Colorado camping!
Thanks for sharing! Just subbed!
Thanks for subscribing! Enjoy Colorado camping…it’s the best!
is non-potable water available that you can fill your RV fresh tank with at the campground?
I assume you meant potable (drinkable) water. Reverends Ridge has a potable water hookup at the dump station. Many of the loops have potable warmer faucets but it is more difficult to hook up to them to fill your tank.
@@coloradocampgrounds-whatyo7709 yes, brain fart. thanks for the info
thank you for this video; it was super helpful :)
You are welcome. I hope you are a subscriber and checked out some of our other videos on the channel. We have all of Colorado’s State Parks and Colorado’s four National Parks on the channel as well. Happy camping!
@@coloradocampgrounds-whatyo7709 I live in texas but I subscribed! It helped me pick my campsites :) we will be driving and have never been!!
Thanks, this was very thorough and easy to understand!
You’re welcome! I hope you subscribed to our channel and viewed some of our other campgrounds. We have every Colorado State Park and Colorado’s four National Parks on the channel, plus other campgrounds you should visit such as Eleven Mile Canyon which is just below Eleven Mile State Park.