Whether you reserve a spot or just cross your fingers, these campsites are great overnights in the outdoors. (via thknwco)
rom left, friends from Iowa State University Amanda Brown, Ashley VanDer Hart and Krystina Schouten prepare food in 2011 at their campsite at Moraine Park Campground in Rocky Mountain National Park. Colorado has literally tens of thousands of campsites scattered across 8.3 million acres of public land. But anyone who has spent time traversing our mountains knows that all campgrounds are not created equal.
As an outdoors writer for nearly 20 years in Colorado, I’ve put together a list of some of the best such campgrounds to include in your summer travel plans. If your dates are firm, it’s always a good idea to make reservations in advance at recreation.gov. Different sites have different time windows for making reservations, though most can be reserved well in advance. Do it now!
If you’re planning to try for one of the first-come, first-served sites and you’ll be rolling in on a Friday afternoon, have a backup plan in case the campground is full, which is often the case on summer weekends.Horse riders cross Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park on June 17, 2021. While most of these campgrounds have RV sites, none has an RV hookup, so if you’re looking for electricity you’ll want to try one of the many private campgrounds around the state.
If you’re looking to get away from everyone else, remember that most BLM and Forest Service land is open to dispersed camping. Follow the Leave No Trace principles and leave the area better than you found it.The Sangre de Cristo Wilderness is a hiker’s dream, with 400 miles of trails up steep mountain valleys to stunning remote lakes and basins. This campground sits on the edge of the wilderness in a sweet-smelling pine and aspen forest bisected by a babbling brook.
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