Colorado Campground — Hotel in Four Corners States

The campground has a lot of beautiful mature Ponderosa pines throughout the campground and a lot of grass making it look very park-like. The main road through the campground is paved unlike most federal campgrounds in Colorado. This greatly helps reduce dust during dry periods. Each site though has dirt for parking the RV and is rather uneven. It took a little time to make adjustments to our RV stabilizers to even things out. The campground, particularly the northern loop, seems to be an attraction for family groups. It was pleasant to hear kids voices and watch them playing. We like camping during the week to avoid the crowds and this campground had several sites unoccupied during mid-week.

With a reservation at the campground comes a pass to the adjoining Manitou Lake Picnic area. You can drive to the lake or walk to it from the north end of the campground. Manitou Lake is small but large enough to paddle a canoe and fish. Fish are not large but a hit for the kids. The park also offers a majestic view of Pikes Peak. Be sure to bring a camera and take a picture of the lake with Pikes in the background!

Campground hosts were very friendly and came around every evening to greet us and see how we were doing and check if we needed firewood ($6 a bundle).

As far as negatives, we visited in June and there were a lot of flies especially in the afternoon. They depart though in the evening as expected in Colorado. I did see a wood tick crawling on our picnic table so check your kids and dogs. Highway 67 runs parallel with the campground but is generally not a big noise issue especially at night. The vault toilets were fairly new but not consistently maintained. (I like campgrounds where the toilets are checked and mopped every day!) So bring a spare roll of toilet paper for insurance. I mentioned above the pines and grass which are very nice, but there is very little understory. Mature bushes and shrubs are very helpful in providing privacy. Without it you feel a little exposed.

Overall, our stay at the campground was a very pleasant experience. We have been camping in Colorado for over 20 years and had never stayed at this campground but plan to...

We stayed in spot 52 and it had pretty good shade. We really enjoyed this area because it was close to rainbow falls, ohv trail, and we had a BLAST there. We did run into very rude & ignorant campers, Ron & Steph Schnurr. Left us a note on our windshield saying, " If you can read this, now I know why Trump and his supporters hate mexicans! You people are noisy, ignorant and polluting the air with your generator." There are a few things I would have pointed out; 1) generators are allowed to be on until 10pm- we had ours on at 815pm while cleaning up after dinner. 2) there were many grammatical errors in their lovely note. 3) Its not only Mexicans polluting the air, it includes the vehicle Mr. & Mrs. Schnurr drove on as well. Anywho, I did speak to the grounds host about the note and she was very apologetic, even saying she herself is a Trump supporter but did not agree with "why Trump and & his supporters hate Mexicans", she kept saying it was unacceptable and would make a call to Mrs. Steph Schnurr as she spoke to her the night before about the generator being ok to be on until 10pm if we wished. Anyway, all that to say, spot 52 is pretty great,...

Awesome experience! I brought my wife on her first camping trip and the hosts made it an incredible experience! Our campsite number was 56 which is one of the sites that has electrical outlets in case you need them, there are also picnic tables at each site. The fire rings were clean and ready to use upon our arrival and if you don’t bring firewood, the hosts offer some for sale. The first night they were smaller bundles for $5, the second night they were larger bundles for $10. Bathroom facilities were always clean and close by. The host informed us that there is potable drinking water available at multiple faucets throughout the campgrounds and that the water is tested every week to ensure it’s safe to drink. I can’t speak for other cell phone carriers, however I have T-Mobile and had enough service to send and receive text messages. Occasionally there would be 5G available but it was very spotty. The walk to Manitou Lake is less than 15 minutes and really added a nice touch to our experience. I highly...