Elkhead Reservoir State Park — Attraction in Hayden

If you’re from Denver, you should watch out for the blonde park security guard and the 20 year old boy with frosted tips. They really hate Denver people (even though we pay their salary) and write tickets to everyone on shore for different offenses while we washed the skip the locals for doing the same things. They said they process them with “education”. In 40 years at state parks I’ve never gotten a ticket and we got 3 in 2 days.i would recommend waiting for the current regime to get lost before exploring this park. We left early to avoid any more malicious prosecution since most of us are...

New campgrounds in great condition. Concrete pads for disabled campers otherwise mostly level RV dirt pads. Each has a fire ring, a large, tent pad and covered picnic tables. The picnic table shelters in Pronghorn will support a hammock. Vault toilets only. Bears-ears has no hook ups. Pronghorn has 50/30/20 amp electric service. Cellular service is weak to none. I was unable to get a TV or good radio signal in the campground. Both campgrounds are close to the water. There...

We are tent campers. The Pronghorn campground is beautiful and very well maintained, kudos to the very kind and friendly camp hosts. The views of the reservoir are stunning. Each site comes with a shelter over the picnic table, power and there are plenty of clean toilets around the camp.

For tent campers, I'll say this is an exposed and very windy campsite. The rangers told us there was a wind vortex in the basin and we sure...