Osprey (CO)

Pretty nice campground. It’s a step away from the river, it was mostly quiet. Campgrounds are close to one another.

Good: the camp host on July 3 prevented a forest fire. One of the campers had used his propane tank upside down and there were three foot flames shooting up to his canopy shade. The host happened to be 50 yards away. The camper had panicked and run. The host risked burning his hands. He grabbed the tank, threw it on the ground and stamped out the flames. Bad: I brought a concern to the host that an unleashed dog came running at me and my leashed dog. The dog circled us, barking. It was frightening. Other people yelled at the dog to leave us and it did. The host said the dog was just a big baby. We had reservations for three nights but only stayed one. It was slammed with overcrowded people and cars parked askew all over the lot.

20-minute drive to Cheesman Canyon - a most excellent hike. The setting for the campsite is very nice, but be prepared to bring your own shade, as the actual campsites are exposed (no trees). Campsites are plenty large and very close to the parking. Firepits were very good too. I'll definitely visit again for a quick get away. Very convenient, and the Camp Host was helpful and available

Location was excellent! On the river, beautiful area, we were looking forward to the campground. The N Platte River was great for fishing and tubing, even just sitting on a rock or wading a bit. Close enough to Castle Rock to go in for the day. But we had issues throughout the weekend. It was very busy, but as a first-come, first-serve facility, our tent was not honored on our site, and we returned the first night to a group of people at our fire ring next to our tent plus two extra tents on our site (also noisy late into the night). The porta potties and trash were also not cleaned/emptied/restocked throughout the weekend, and it was pretty bad by Sunday morning.