Offering essential details and easy-to-read maps, Best Tent Camping: Colorado presents 50 of the state's best campgrounds for car campers.

Monica Parpal Stockbridge is a writer and editor born and raised in Colorado. She attended college in Omaha, Nebraska, but always knew she wanted to end up back in the Centennial State. Although she grew up hiking at state parks and snowboarding in the mountains, she didn’t become a tent camper until adulthood when she started climbing fourteeners with friends. Now, she can proudly pitch her own tent and cook a good camp dinner on her Coleman stove. She hopes to share many more camping memories with her husband and young daughter.

Monica has written for numerous local, national, and international publications, including The Denver Post, Colorado Traveler Magazine, 5280, Colorado Parent, ColoradoBiz, and Preferred Travel. She contributed to the Moon Denver, Boulder & Colorado Springs guidebook. Today, she writes about travel and technology from her home in Denver.

Colorado Campground Locator Map

Acknowledgments

Preface

Best Campgrounds

Map Legend

Introduction

Eastern Colorado

• Jackson Lake State Park Campground
• John Martin Reservoir State Wildlife Area: Lake Hasty and The Point Campgrounds
• Pawnee National Grassland: Crow Valley Family Campground
• South Republican State Wildlife Area Dispersed Camping

North Central Colorado

• Buffalo Campground
• The Crags Campground
• Elbert Creek Campground
• Pinewood Reservoir Campground
• Gold Park Campground
• Golden Gate Canyon State Park Campgrounds
• Guanella Pass Campground
• Hermit Park Open Space: Hermit’s Hollow Campground
• Rocky Mountain National Park: Longs Peak Campground
• Lost Park Campground
• The Narrows Campgrounds: Lower
• Peaceful Valley and Camp Dick Campgrounds
• Rainbow Lakes Campground
• Robbers Roost Campground
• Rocky Mountain National Park: Aspenglen Campground
• Weston Pass Campground
• Staunton State Park Campground

Northwest Colorado

• Cold Springs Campground
• Colorado National Monument: Saddlehorn Campground
• Dinosaur National Monument: Echo Park Campground
• Fulford Cave Campground
• Irish Canyon Campground
• Rifle Falls State Park Campground
• Shepherds Rim Campground
• Pearl Lake State Park Campground
• Weir and Johnson Campground

South Central Colorado

• Alvarado Campground
• Bear Lake Campground
• Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve: Pinon Flats Campground
• East Ridge Campground
• O’Haver Lake Campground
• Mueller State Park Campground
• North Crestone Creek Campground
• Trujillo Meadows Campground

Southwest Colorado

• Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park: North Rim Campground
• Burro Bridge Campground
• Cathedral Campground
• Lost Lake Campground
• Lost Trail Campground
• Mesa Verde National Park: Morefield Campground
• Mirror Lake Campground
• Ridgway State Park Campgrounds
• Silver Jack Campground
• Amphitheater Campground
• Stone Cellar Campground
• Transfer Park Campground

Appendix A: Camping Equipment Checklist

Appendix B: Sources of Information

Index

About the Authors