Big Rig friendly campgrounds in Colorado?
I am wondering if anybody has any suggestions for big rig friendly campgrounds that would be a reasonable drive from Denver? We upgraded to our big 5er last year, and are having difficulties finding p...
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If you're looking for places here in the flats, Boyd Lake SP in Loveland and St. Vrain SP in Longmont would both work for you. Plenty of sites for bigger rigs and the tree issue is minimal at best. Boyd is practically in my backyard, I go by there very frequently and always see big rigs (trailers and DPs) there all over the campground.
Consider also Colorado State Forest SP over by Gould, and specifically Ranger Lakes. Trees not an issue here, since they've all been cut down due to the beetle kill. It's a great place to go for some solitude; has electric hookups, there's common water fill (threaded) and a dump station not too far.
Also consider some of the USFS campgrounds off the Peak-to-Peak Highway, specifically in the Ward to Estes Park area. There's Camp Dick and Peaceful Valley that are both conducive to big rigs (see them all the time up there), and there's open meadow camping areas as well as spots in the trees. Also, there's Olive Ridge, which has more trees, but it seems to be easy enough to get bigger rigs in there, as I've seen the big DP rigs with toads in there.
In Estes Park, if you want to go there, Elk Meadows (commercial park) can certainly accommodate big rigs, as that park is very popular with the DP and 5er crowd.
Just some of the places I can think of all the top of my head.
Consider also Colorado State Forest SP over by Gould, and specifically Ranger Lakes. Trees not an issue here, since they've all been cut down due to the beetle kill. It's a great place to go for some solitude; has electric hookups, there's common water fill (threaded) and a dump station not too far.
Also consider some of the USFS campgrounds off the Peak-to-Peak Highway, specifically in the Ward to Estes Park area. There's Camp Dick and Peaceful Valley that are both conducive to big rigs (see them all the time up there), and there's open meadow camping areas as well as spots in the trees. Also, there's Olive Ridge, which has more trees, but it seems to be easy enough to get bigger rigs in there, as I've seen the big DP rigs with toads in there.
In Estes Park, if you want to go there, Elk Meadows (commercial park) can certainly accommodate big rigs, as that park is very popular with the DP and 5er crowd.
Just some of the places I can think of all the top of my head.
