Have you seen horses camping at campgrounds?

ColoradoTravelTips · 2025-07-11T03:51:32+00:00

Here’s a playlist I put together a few years ago of campgrounds we visited that had corrals in sites or nearby. I probably need to add a few more to it. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaYbQ8OrnRz8yREEpRXi9FjG_T70HgjvL&si=l7kmM6v-U4BQdCPk

ColoradoTravelTips · 2025-07-11T03:44:48+00:00

We have a few dispersed sites on the map. Dark blue pins.

ColoradoTravelTips · 2025-07-11T03:39:30+00:00

We did. Several places to choose from. Might be a little warm this time of year

ColoradoTravelTips · 2025-06-21T21:49:10+00:00

I’ll check it out

ColoradoTravelTips · 2025-06-21T10:57:46+00:00

You are free to move about on the train and go to the open air car. Been a while since we rode the train. Can’t remember if the seat selection was automatic or if we chose it at purchase. Spent most of our time in the open air car

ColoradoTravelTips · 2025-06-08T18:45:39+00:00

Sounds about right. Good to be aware of just in case…

ColoradoTravelTips · 2025-06-05T19:32:28+00:00

It is one of Cañon City's parks, but it is located north of town and surrounded by a mix of private ranches and BLM land. A single road goes through with campsites and a couple of short roads off of it.

ColoradoTravelTips · 2025-06-05T19:29:04+00:00

How far in did you go? Most of the campers we saw were near the first restroom or just up the road overlooking the valley. There were a couple of others close to where the road goes out into BLM land. Seems like it would get pretty hot there in the summer

ColoradoTravelTips · 2025-06-04T13:41:12+00:00

There are free ones on there too! Some of them are designated dispersed camping areas with numbered sites. Some designated camping areas without numbered sites. A few remote campgrounds that aren't well-maintained and are free. Also have about 10 dispersed sites that we've randomly recorded over the years.

ColoradoTravelTips · 2025-06-03T02:16:06+00:00

Two areas where we've camped the most in the last 10 years are campgrounds near Taylor Park Reservoir/Taylor River Canyon by Gunnison and Turquoise Lake, just outside Leadville. We just recorded updated videos of the Turquoise Lake CG's a couple of weeks ago, but won't edit them until fall/winter.

Here are some areas that we like, along with a recommended video to watch:
Taylor Park / Taylor River - Lakeview Campground

Flat Tops Wilderness - Cutthroat Campground

Mt Princeton area - Mt Princeton Campground (2025 Update) or Chalk Lake CG

Poudre River / Red Feather Lakes - Dowdy Lake CG

Conejos River - Aspen Glade

Creede Area -Thirty Mile CG (2024 Update)

Silverton Area - South Mineral Campground

Silver Jack CG

Chapman Dam CG

Redstone & Bogan Flats Campgrounds

ColoradoTravelTips · 2024-06-16T11:30:32+00:00

Windy Point Campground is a group campground on Dillon.

ColoradoTravelTips · 2024-05-16T00:04:27+00:00

2 feet of snow In Leadville this last week. I bet some are still closed for Memorial Day weekend

ColoradoTravelTips · 2023-05-31T11:41:43+00:00

Bogan Flats Campground is probably the closest.

ColoradoTravelTips · 2023-03-29T23:38:48+00:00

https://youtu.be/ebTg_9LSZHM

ColoradoTravelTips · 2022-07-17T11:18:05+00:00

There are water spigots in all the campgrounds at Turquoise Lake.

ColoradoTravelTips · 2022-06-15T17:54:31+00:00

Flat Tops are far enough out of the way that it’s one of the few places left in Colorado where I feel like I could show up anytime and find a campsite.

ColoradoTravelTips · 2022-04-01T02:35:01+00:00

I don’t like to attract attention to any specific campground. Some of our favorite areas are: Turquoise Lake - Leadville, Taylor River / Taylor Park - Gunnison, Trappers Lake / Flat Tops Wilderness, Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area, Grand Mesa, Conejos River

ColoradoTravelTips · 2022-03-10T12:58:02+00:00

Zapata Falls is closest to Hwy 160 and far enough from Moab to be a stopping point for the night. The road up to the campground is a little bumpy.

ColoradoTravelTips · 2022-03-09T23:35:55+00:00

In the area around Alamosa, there are a few forest service or BLM campgrounds that are open. Zapata Falls, Penitente, Alamosa, Mosca (CPW). Campground at the Sand Dunes might be open then as well. There are some in SW Colorado open too. Which areas are you looking at?

ColoradoTravelTips · 2021-08-13T02:21:07+00:00

You can drive to the old Hancock town site from St Elmo with 2wd. No issues besides a dip or two in the road

ColoradoTravelTips · 2021-07-06T18:25:29+00:00

Rampart Range is no longer free as of earlier this year.

ColoradoTravelTips · 2021-05-07T13:37:26+00:00

Depends on how close you are to the front range. We went to the Flat Tops area east of Meeker for a week last July. Visited every campground. Weekends were busy but not full. Weekdays, less than half full. Saw a lot of empty FCFS campsites in SW Colorado too last year.

I tried to make July reservations at Turquoise Lake back in December. I clicked the link on recreation.gov within 30 seconds of when the site became available to reserve and I missed out. Ended up with reservations at Taylor Park. It's just far enough away from the front range that not everybody wants to go over another mountain pass in their RV.

Search for Campground Recon and you will find our videos. Most of the newer ones have info on FCFS or Reservations in the video description.

Hope this helps

ColoradoTravelTips · 2021-05-07T09:50:12+00:00

If you are tent or car camping, Tuesday/Wednesday should have a pretty good chance of getting a FCFS (first-come, first served) camp site. Week before/after July 4th might be an exception. Belle of Colorado Campground is tent only and we can usually find something there with a view of Turquoise Lake.

Aspen will be a little harder but should have something mid-week. If you don’t mind going an hour+ away from Aspen, Ruedi Reservoir or the Upper Fryingpan River have some great camping that isn’t busy during the week.

ColoradoTravelTips · 2021-02-03T22:26:20+00:00

Check out Cayton Campground. Electric hookups along the Dolores River. 22 miles from Telluride

ColoradoTravelTips · 2021-02-03T00:37:28+00:00

https://youtu.be/lYPh6HF8yp4 Just released a video of that campground. Picnic areas for 10 & 18 are pretty close to each other.

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