Looking for ideas on where to Rv in Colorado the 2nd week of October. I'm thinking southern Colorado due to the lower elevations, but I'm open to other ideas. I would prefer to be on the East side of the Rockies if possible.Thanks in advance.

DinTulsa wrote:Looking for ideas on where to Rv in Colorado the 2nd week of October. I'm thinking southern Colorado due to the lower elevations, but I'm open to other ideas. I would prefer to be on the East side of the Rockies if possible.Thanks in advance.Altitude is not necessarily lower. Latitude is the factor. To be on the east side of the Rockies, I can only presume that you may be referring to areas around Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Canon City...that general area. Pueblo is a lower elevation (4700 feet). Colorado Springs is around 6000 feet. Canon City is ~5300 feet. Other areas - Trinidad is around 6000 feet, Walsenburg around 6200 feet. Alamosa in the San Luis Valley is around 7500 feet.Now, compare this to the Denver area, around 5200-5400 feet or the Fort Collins/Loveland/Greeley/Windsor area of around 4500-5200. Lower elevations are in the northern areas, not southern areas. When you say "east of the Rockies" are you referring to east of the Continental Divide? That's a bit different. But again, altitude and latitude are factors. In October, there will not be very much open here in northern Colorado as far as RMNP or USFS CGs are concerned. There's a few that will be open until the latter part of October, but are weather dependent. In southern Colorado, there's the Pike National Forest and the San Isabel National Forest, which covers a huge area. And again, altitude and latitude will affect whether places are open or closed for the season. Many places have seasons that run from Memorial Day to just after Labour Day. Others might extend to mid October. Not too many places go beyond that. If you're looking at commercial CG/RV Parks, you're going to likely find more in southern Colorado in the areas mentioned above, than here in northern Colorado. Commercial CG/RV Parks in the mountains EAST of the Divide will vary wildly in their seasons. Best bet would be to choose a city/town, and then go to rvparkreviews.com and search there for what might suit your needs.

State Parks will be open. Cheyenne Mountain and Mueller are nice. So is the area around the Great Sand Dunes.

Thom02099 wrote:DinTulsa wrote:Looking for ideas on where to Rv in Colorado the 2nd week of October. I'm thinking southern Colorado due to the lower elevations, but I'm open to other ideas. I would prefer to be on the East side of the Rockies if possible.Thanks in advance.Altitude is not necessarily lower. Latitude is the factor. To be on the east side of the Rockies, I can only presume that you may be referring to areas around Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Canon City...that general area. Pueblo is a lower elevation (4700 feet). Colorado Springs is around 6000 feet. Canon City is ~5300 feet. Other areas - Trinidad is around 6000 feet, Walsenburg around 6200 feet. Alamosa in the San Luis Valley is around 7500 feet.Now, compare this to the Denver area, around 5200-5400 feet or the Fort Collins/Loveland/Greeley/Windsor area of around 4500-5200. Lower elevations are in the northern areas, not southern areas. When you say "east of the Rockies" are you referring to east of the Continental Divide? That's a bit different. But again, altitude and latitude are factors. In October, there will not be very much open here in northern Colorado as far as RMNP or USFS CGs are concerned. There's a few that will be open until the latter part of October, but are weather dependent. In southern Colorado, there's the Pike National Forest and the San Isabel National Forest, which covers a huge area. And again, altitude and latitude will affect whether places are open or closed for the season. Many places have seasons that run from Memorial Day to just after Labour Day. Others might extend to mid October. Not too many places go beyond that. If you're looking at commercial CG/RV Parks, you're going to likely find more in southern Colorado in the areas mentioned above, than here in northern Colorado. Commercial CG/RV Parks in the mountains EAST of the Divide will vary wildly in their seasons. Best bet would be to choose a city/town, and then go to rvparkreviews.com and search there for what might suit your needs.Yes sir, I was talking East of the continental divide. After doing a little more research I'm thinking we will wait until next May\June to make the trip to Colorado. We live in Tulsa Ok and are looking for somewhere roughly 10-11 hours in either direction. After looking at the weather and what might be open\closed, I think we have decided to head east to Tennessee. The weather will be a little warmer and there should be a few more areas open. Thank you for your response, I will research the areas you listed for our trip next year.

DinTulsa wrote:Looking for ideas on where to Rv in Colorado the 2nd week of October. I'm thinking southern Colorado due to the lower elevations, but I'm open to other ideas. I would prefer it be on the East side of the Rockies if possible.Thanks in advance.Thom has given you good info, but if you are wanting to see some great areas I'll give you a few - look to Mesa Verde then over into Utah.Monument Valley and Lake Powell in Southern Utah. October is still warm and Beautiful in the Southwest you might catch a Snow day in the mountain's but it almost always is gone in a few hours.If I had the choice I'd go west before I headed to Tennessee.JMHO,

DinTulsa wrote:Thom02099 wrote:DinTulsa wrote:Looking for ideas on where to Rv in Colorado the 2nd week of October. I'm thinking southern Colorado due to the lower elevations, but I'm open to other ideas. I would prefer to be on the East side of the Rockies if possible.Thanks in advance.Altitude is not necessarily lower. Latitude is the factor. To be on the east side of the Rockies, I can only presume that you may be referring to areas around Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Canon City...that general area. Pueblo is a lower elevation (4700 feet). Colorado Springs is around 6000 feet. Canon City is ~5300 feet. Other areas - Trinidad is around 6000 feet, Walsenburg around 6200 feet. Alamosa in the San Luis Valley is around 7500 feet.Now, compare this to the Denver area, around 5200-5400 feet or the Fort Collins/Loveland/Greeley/Windsor area of around 4500-5200. Lower elevations are in the northern areas, not southern areas. When you say "east of the Rockies" are you referring to east of the Continental Divide? That's a bit different. But again, altitude and latitude are factors. In October, there will not be very much open here in northern Colorado as far as RMNP or USFS CGs are concerned. There's a few that will be open until the latter part of October, but are weather dependent. In southern Colorado, there's the Pike National Forest and the San Isabel National Forest, which covers a huge area. And again, altitude and latitude will affect whether places are open or closed for the season. Many places have seasons that run from Memorial Day to just after Labour Day. Others might extend to mid October. Not too many places go beyond that. If you're looking at commercial CG/RV Parks, you're going to likely find more in southern Colorado in the areas mentioned above, than here in northern Colorado. Commercial CG/RV Parks in the mountains EAST of the Divide will vary wildly in their seasons. Best bet would be to choose a city/town, and then go to rvparkreviews.com and search there for what might suit your needs.Yes sir, I was talking East of the continental divide. After doing a little more research I'm thinking we will wait until next May\June to make the trip to Colorado. We live in Tulsa Ok and are looking for somewhere roughly 10-11 hours in either direction. After looking at the weather and what might be open\closed, I think we have decided to head east to Tennessee. The weather will be a little warmer and there should be a few more areas open. Thank you for your response, I will research the areas you listed for our trip next year.You are not likely to have any more or better options if you try to come back next May than you will in mid-October.

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DinTulsa
Explorer
Aug 11, 2018
Sorry for the delayed response, I've been at the lake the last few days...Trying to get the last few days of lake camping out of the way.

After talking with the wife and looking at our schedules I think we are going to make the trip to Colorado next June. We have 2 small kids, 1 if 1st grade the other in day care so school and work can be an issue. Our goal is to hit Durango and the surrounding area for 5 days then head west to Glen Canyon for a couple of days, maybe rent a UTV in Colorado and rent a boat at Lake Powell. After that work our way back to Ok through New Mexico, roughly a 11-13 day trip, we can't really take that long this October due to school and work. I've never camped west of the continental divide so it will be something new.
Bionic_Man
Explorer
Aug 11, 2018
Powell is awesome. We are spending a week there starting Sunday.
TxTwoSome
Explorer
Aug 11, 2018
If you decide to go East I would recommend The Natchez Trace take it from Nashville south to Natchez.

In October the weather should be great along this route.

About 500 miles long with no stop signs, traffic lights or commercial traffic.
Lauren
Explorer
Aug 13, 2018
Once again in Buena Vista this month, then on to Cottonwood for a week and then Ouray second week in Sept to find gold - no, not panning, looking at aspens!

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