Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands

This campground and site are yearly favorites. The views take your breath away. Short walk to the lake and restrooms. Quiet and peaceful. Sunsets are spectacular. What could be better?

5th visit to this cabin for my family, it's one of our happy places. Message to the forest service: the cabin needs a new log book. And the refrigerator shelf is broken. These can be bought online & work great. The town store/restaurant/cabins are back in business! Open Fri-Sun. We expected the fire-damaged areas in the area to be devastated and that wasn't what we found. There were fingers of scorched earth where the fire got into the crown and burned catastrophically. But those tended to be somewhat narrow bands, maybe a couple hundred yards wide. In between the scorched earth areas you could see where the fire crept along the ground, scorched the base of trees, and didn't get into the crown. Those trees seem like they'll be fine. Damage transitioned between the two extremes. MANY houses survived, despite being surrounded by burned trees. Really interesting to see. The cabin has a new wood burning stove. We were bummed since we loved making fires in the giant fireplace. But it didn't take long to appreciate not filling the cabin with smoke like the old fireplace did. To make smores, just open the door and roast marshmallows as normal. The new stove is nice. Pro Tip: the directions for the stove are on the closet door to the right. The bathroom window doesn't open. Well, it does. Pop the screen out and nudge it open and claw it shut. The closure of most of the San Isabel forest was disappointing, especially since a lot of the closed area was unaffected by the fires. But that just led us to explore farther out. We went to Cuchara Pass. Fantastic area. The ski area (now reopened!) has some great aspen hikes. The drive to the pass itself is pretty dull until you get up toward the actual pass. Then it's spectacular. To the north, Bishop's Castle escaped the fire. And the fish in Lake Isabel were as naive as always. Pro Tip: slip bobbers for the shore anglers. Or troll nearly anything from a canoe.

Nice, large sites; quiet except for nearby ATV traffic. Campground manager friendly and helpful. Cell phone service marginal.

This is such a cool spot! The site is spacious. We were there at the end of the season (the gate was closing in 4 days), so the vaulted toilets were nearing the end of their usefulness for campers-smelly! But we knew that going in. On the first day, a moose came through our campsite. We went mountain biking and fishing around the lake. The views are spectacular, and the town is about a 20-minute drive away.

Gorgeous, well maintained campground with a lovely hike right from the property. The sites on the far side of the creek/river are wonderful…just make sure you’re prepared to haul all your gear over.

This campground does not have water, as shown in its description. All of the taps are covered, and according to the campground host have not worked for years. I had to pivot greatly on cooking, but otherwise it is a gorgeous campground at the end of a very long and busy dirt road.