Has anyone stopped for the night at Avon CO
We are looking for a sort stop over along I70 thru Vail. There is a Walmart in Avon and I'm wondering if anyone has stayed there. Since Avon is kind of up scale I am wondering in Walmart management mi...
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Maybe the manager might let you stay, but I wouldn't count on it. Signs all over the parking lot and I've not seen anyone camped there when I've stopped in.
A few other options:
Gore Creek CG is at the east end of Vail up a canyon right off I-70. NFS CG that takes reservations so you know you'll have a place if you arrive late.
Just past Wolcott is a BLM campground called, of all things, Wolcott. I think it's $10 per night. Gets real busy on summer weekends as rafters use it as a base camp to float the Eagle. But might have availability mid-week. No reservations, pit toilets. Right on the river, so a nice setting. Exit at Wolcott (157), north 1/4 mile to the frontage road, left (west) about two miles. CG on right.
Another BLM CG is just past Gypsum, also with the clever name of Gypsym. Near the river but not as close as Wolcott. Pit Toilets, no reservations. Exit at Gypsum (140), south to the round-about, first right onto the frontage road, then 1 1/2 miles to the CG on left.
There's a Walmart Supercenter in Rifle, about 1 1/2 hours west of Vail. You might have better luck with overnighting there. I just can't remember if there are signs there.
FYI: the rest areas at Edwards and at Rifle have free dump stations (in season). They're closed for now until spring. The Rifle rest area might be a better choice than Edwards for a place to park for a little while. Drive around the loop where the bathrooms are then on your way back out there's a area where trucks often pull off and there are picnic tables there. While at the Edwards rest area you'd be parking side by side with the trucks, at Eagle it would be front to back.
A few other options:
Gore Creek CG is at the east end of Vail up a canyon right off I-70. NFS CG that takes reservations so you know you'll have a place if you arrive late.
Just past Wolcott is a BLM campground called, of all things, Wolcott. I think it's $10 per night. Gets real busy on summer weekends as rafters use it as a base camp to float the Eagle. But might have availability mid-week. No reservations, pit toilets. Right on the river, so a nice setting. Exit at Wolcott (157), north 1/4 mile to the frontage road, left (west) about two miles. CG on right.
Another BLM CG is just past Gypsum, also with the clever name of Gypsym. Near the river but not as close as Wolcott. Pit Toilets, no reservations. Exit at Gypsum (140), south to the round-about, first right onto the frontage road, then 1 1/2 miles to the CG on left.
There's a Walmart Supercenter in Rifle, about 1 1/2 hours west of Vail. You might have better luck with overnighting there. I just can't remember if there are signs there.
FYI: the rest areas at Edwards and at Rifle have free dump stations (in season). They're closed for now until spring. The Rifle rest area might be a better choice than Edwards for a place to park for a little while. Drive around the loop where the bathrooms are then on your way back out there's a area where trucks often pull off and there are picnic tables there. While at the Edwards rest area you'd be parking side by side with the trucks, at Eagle it would be front to back.
