Timberline Campground

$54.00/night

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PIKE NATIONAL FOREST.
S.PLATTE RANGER DIST, CO

Overview

The Timberline Campground, near Kenosha Pass, is about 7 miles southwest of the small town of Grant. The abundance of aspens at the site creates impressive fall scenery along the forested hillside. Wildlife in the area includes golden eagles, elk, mule deer, moose, chipmunks and porcupines.

Recreation

The Colorado Trail is located within one mile of the campground and offers abundant hiking, biking and horseback riding opportunities. The epic 471-mile trail stretches across Colorado from Denver to Durango. Visitors may also enjoy fishing in Hoosier Creek.

Facilities

No drinking water is available and the roads through the campground are dirt and gravel. Each loop has a parking spur, picnic table, campfire ring and grill. There are 2 vault toilets within the campground.

Firewood may be purchased at the nearby Kenosha Pass Campground.

Natural Features

The family campsites are divided into two loops, that are separated by a rise. Both loops sit among a stand of aspen, spruce and lodgepole pines along Hoosier Creek. The campground sits at an altitude of 9,700 feet and features mild summer temperatures and cool nights.

Nearby Attractions

Fairplay, Colorado, once a frontier boomtown, is home to the South Park City Museum, which includes 34 authentic historical buildings and 60,000 artifacts.

Contact Info

For facility specific information, please call (661) 702-1420.

Charges & Cancellations

Cancellations

Individual Campsites: Cancellations up to 2 days before a reservation start date incur a $10.00 cancellation fee.

A visitor who cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee including tax and applicable add-on for a campsite.

Cancellations for a one-night reservation will forfeit the entire amount paid and will not be subject to an additional service fee.

No-Shows

A no-show visitor is one who does not arrive at a campground and does not cancel the reservation by check-out time on the day after the scheduled arrival date. Staff will hold a campsite until check-out time on the day following the arrival date.

No-shows are assessed $20.00 service fee and forfeit the first night's rate, taxes and applicable add-on for a campsite.

Refunds

Visitors may submit a refund request through their Recreation.gov profile within 7 days of the end date of their reservation. Refunds will not be issued after the 7 days has ended.

Refunds for debit or credit card payments will be issued as a credit to the original bank or credit card used to pay.

For check or cash purchases, Recreation.gov will mail a Treasury check for refunds of cash, check, or money order payments to the address associated with the reservation. Treasury check refunds may take up to 6-8 weeks to arrive.

In the event of an emergency closure, the Recreation.gov team or facility manager will refund all fees and will attempt to notify you using the contact information within the Recreation.gov visitor profile.

Camp site features

Across 24 camp sites:

Fire pit: all 24 sites
Picnic table: all 24 sites
Pets allowed: all 24 sites
ADA accessible: 22 of 24 sites
Longest RV: 36 ft
Largest party: 16 people

Directions

From Denver, Colorado, take Highway 285 southwest to Park County Rd. 58. Turn right at County Rd. 58 and follow road to Forest Road 125. Turn right and follow road about 0.5 miles to the campground entrance.

Stay Limit

Check in from 2 PM, check out by 12 PM.

Reviews

38 reviews

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Linda P

Loop:Loop 1

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Reviewed 2 months ago

The campground is beautiful. But the sites are quite close together, and there is CONSTANT road noise from Highway 285, even at night.

Miles N

Loop:Loop 1

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Reviewed 2 months ago

Great spot, backed up to the aspens and wide/nice area far enough away from other sites. Double site so there are 2 fire pits and 2 picnic tables.

James G

Loop:Loop 2

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Reviewed 2 months ago

Biggest downside IMO is the proximity of campsites to each other. Fortunately the weather was bad so it was mostly empty. But if we had neighbors next door it would be pretty tight.

Heather V

Loop:Loop 1

Site:

Reviewed 3 months ago

The campground was lovely, with plenty of trees and shade on all the sites in the loop I was in, site #8. The outhouse was well maintained and the sites were clean (no trash, etc.). I would have loved to have a camp fire considering it rained off and on all 3 days we were there, but under the circumstances in Colorado and all the wildfires, I was okay doing without one this time. It is fairly close to hwy 285, but I didn't find that distracted us. It is far enough back that you still have a good amount of seclusion. I would rate it a 5 except the spots were pretty close to each other. There weren't many people there and we were spaced out, but if every site was occupied it might feel like your neighbor was a bit too close. Overall, we had a great time and I would come here again.

Steven N

Loop:Loop 2

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Reviewed 3 months ago

Timberline is pretty good for a primitive forest service campground. Sites were very clean. Many had good shade while others were rather sunny. On the down side, the road in was pretty rough. Water is only available at Kenosha Pass CG and only via a hand pump well (pretty good flow but still a hand pump). Also many of the sites are doubles and others are pretty close together. When we were there (a weekend in early August) over half the sites were empty so we had plenty of privacy. Overall experience was good.

Richard R

Loop:Loop 2

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Reviewed 3 months ago

Timberline is an old campground and shows signs of it's age. During the week it isn't very crowded and is very quite, a great place to escape the city.

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