Mesa Verde/Durango Co-where to stay?
Wanting to goWest this year, to the Mesa Verde and Durango area. Wife wants to see the cliff dwellings, and son wants to ride on the steam train. Been there many years ago, but was in a tent....where ...
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The distance between Mesa Verde and Durango is too great to have a base camp. Move from one place to another.
Moorefield in Mesa Verde does have sites with electric. Also, our 40' motorhome fit in the dry camping sites. However, you want a fishing stream and seclusion and Moorefield is not in a forest. It's in a high desert area. It's an ideal spot for touring Mesa Verde though.
Then move to Haviland Lake national forest campground just north of Durango. It's on a fine small fishing lake and the Animas River is easy to get to for stream fishing. Very nice biking area for easy or hard trails and kayaking in the river. It's in a gorgeous forest setting and again, some sites have electric. Reserve early. You won't be disappointed. We've stayed there often and did so again, last July.
Have a great trip! They are two of our favorite areas.
Moorefield in Mesa Verde does have sites with electric. Also, our 40' motorhome fit in the dry camping sites. However, you want a fishing stream and seclusion and Moorefield is not in a forest. It's in a high desert area. It's an ideal spot for touring Mesa Verde though.
Then move to Haviland Lake national forest campground just north of Durango. It's on a fine small fishing lake and the Animas River is easy to get to for stream fishing. Very nice biking area for easy or hard trails and kayaking in the river. It's in a gorgeous forest setting and again, some sites have electric. Reserve early. You won't be disappointed. We've stayed there often and did so again, last July.
Have a great trip! They are two of our favorite areas.
