Bear Creek Lake — Hotel in Lakewood

They wouldn't let my family into Pelican Point at Bear Creek Lake park because Soda lake was at capacity. Ruined our day. I counted just 12 cars at the Pelican Point parking lot. Ridiculous. See photos! There was plenty of room at several other areas in this huge park. But because Soda Lake was stuffed to the gills with people, the rest of us who wanted to enjoy other areas of the park got screwed!!!! Whatever It was smelly, muddy, and gross along the shoreline at Pelican Point from past flooding and the toilet was closed. So happy to leave...

I want to say "this place is terrible, don't come" but that would be a selfish lie. This is my favorite local go-to spot to paddle board. They also have (in my opinion) the best archery range in the metro area. They don't charge an extra fee, on top of the park entrance fee, to shoot, like other state parks do. The season pass to Bear Creek is also very reasonably priced. It's nowhere near where I live and I still prefer to drive here to paddleboard and...

This place is surprisingly excellent!!! We had such a wonderful camp host who helped us with numerous things. He was very courteous and gracious toward us. We had a fantastic time kayaking, having fires in our pit and the camp host even brought wood to our site for the typical $5 charge....I cannot say enough about how great he made our stay as well as the campground's beauty. Two...