Mosca Campground — Hotel in Alamosa

We arrived the Tuesday before Memorial Day Weekend and left the Wednesday after. We learned: There are 51 campsites and the host lives in 1 of them so 50 available sites; in 3 loops. All of the sites have electric. There is ZERO water on site. You may fill a large water container - 300 gallons in the back of a truck but not an RV at Alamosa Water - we did not verify this but were told by camp host with 7 years experience at this campground. Even the lakes are dry. A fishing license, hunting license, or State Wildlife Area Land & Trails permit must be obtained for each person in your party that is over 16-years old. We purchased an annual fishing license on our way and showed the host our email receipt. A habitat stamp is also required so it totaled about $50 per person over 16. And it’s good for a year. Anywhere such a permit is required. RV or tent on each site. The sites are spacious. We stayed in #40 and it was mostly level. All of the sites are gravel with a covered picnic table and a fire pit. Many of them overlook Great Sand Dunes National Park (about a 15-minute drive to park entrance) and the Sangre de Cristo mountain range behind the dunes. We watched storms build as they came over the mountains but didn’t really hit us. We saw firsthand how the dunes were created when the wind picked up. We were 15-ish minutes from the park. All sites are first-come first-served but even over the holiday weekend there were a few spots to be had each day. Toilets are fancy outhouses; vault toilets. Meaning they are in a building. I have seen the camp host maintain them and we used them. Clean for a pit toilet and well-stocked with toilet paper. There is a dump station. ZERO water - there is a non-potable water spigot that does not have water You may stay 14 days in 30. There are pull-through sites and back-in sites. We saw extra long 5th wheels, big class As (we are a 38 foot class A), travel trailers, rooftop tents, and tents. We drove in to Alamosa for groceries/dining and it was about a 30-minute drive. Our Verizon coverage was non-existent. Said we had a bar of coverage, sometimes two, but mostly not enough to accomplish anything. Overall, well worth the cost of a fishing license. We’re already making...

We stayed at San Luis State Park Campground for one night in August 2009. You can reserve your site online through the Colorado State Park system, and by calling the park directly, the rangers or staff were helpful in recommending an appropriate site to select depending on your camping needs. We camped in a tent and the campground was not full at all on a Sunday night. We did not use the showers although there was a shower building on the grounds, and vault toilets were spaced elsewhere throughout the campground. The campsites were nicely spaced, but you will not have privacy due to lack of trees or higher shrubbery. The sites each have a covered picnic table and fire ring. Not all sites have a good pad for a tent, so check the website or call the park office to confirm before reserving one. It is beautiful at sunset and sunrise as the sun plays across mountains on either side of you, with the dunes in the distance, and light reflecting off the lake in the park. We could hear coyotes calling to each other during the night and at sunrise. With lack of trees or shrubs to contain sound, sound carries, and a group of young women in a camper at a site in a neighboring loop in the campground were up till midnight laughing and talking loudly. Otherwise, the stay was very quiet and peaceful. The campground is about a 15 - 20 minute drive to the...

Need a Colorado fishing or hunting license or swa permit, but then the camping is free. Most of the sites are more suited for RVs, but we found a great site in loop A that had plenty of room for our tents. Only 2 pit toilets for the 51 sites, 1 in B loop, and 1 in C loop, so be prepared for a long walk or a drive to get there. All sites have covered picnic tables they do a wonderful job of blocking the sun. We were lucky that the lake was pretty high this year, although we didn't spend much time there as we came to go to the sand dunes, especially since Medano Creek was still running there. Just a heads up, if you are tent camping and bringing your dogs, there are red ants and sand fleas around. They are most active at night. All 3 of our dogs got bit up pretty badly, but a quick talk with our vet helped us out quickly and easily. If this happens to your dog, basically all you need to do is give them 1 mg of Benadryl per lb of body weight and you can repeat every 8 hours. This won't solve the problem, but it will reduce their symptoms and once you are away from the sand for good, the bites should resolve themselves. Even the next day after the benedryl, our dogs were looking...