About The Bank Campground
Number of accommodations: 22
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
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Reviews (70)
What Guests Are Saying
The Bank Campground offers a clean and spacious environment, with beautiful views and well-maintained facilities, including pit toilets stocked with essentials. It's a quieter, slightly remote location ideal for relaxation, with friendly and helpful camp hosts. While access roads can be rough and the reservation system needs improvement, many campers appreciate the overall experience and plan to return.
What Guests Are Saying
The Bank Campground offers a clean and spacious environment, with beautiful views and well-maintained facilities, including pit toilets stocked with essentials. It's a quieter, slightly remote location ideal for relaxation, with friendly and helpful camp hosts. While access roads can be rough and the reservation system needs improvement, many campers appreciate the overall experience and plan to return.
Review Summary
Cora W
VerifiedJuly 4, 2022 • Stayed at: B-33, Loop: B
Minimal tree coverage in the B Loop making some sort of canopy pretty necessary. Sites were clean and well maintained. Only negative is that we were swarmed by gnats and flies which was an annoyance.
Shawn L
VerifiedJune 14, 2022 • Stayed at: B-16, Loop: B
The site was fine. It’s an open site with Pinon Pines scattered around but overall very open/exposed, so if it’s windy you will feel it and it’s nice to have a popup tent for shade. The site had plenty of room for a variety of tent sizes and room for two cars if needed. We setup our 2 person tent and also a popup tent with lots of space leftover. There was a concrete picnic table and firepit. The only amenity was a vault toilet two sites over. There weren’t any bear trash cans so you had to pack out your trash (would be nice and safer if there were bear trash bins). We got there driving Shelf Road from Cripple Creek through the canyon which is a dirt road (a bit rough) but really neat canyon views. Once you get to the campground road it’s an incline rough dirt road up to the plateau where the campground is flat. Rock climbing is just a super short hike from the site. There are hiking trails too.
Tim R
VerifiedJune 10, 2022 • Stayed at: B-22, Loop: B
Beautiful, clean campsite with clean facilities. It made for a great first night of camping on a 4-day bike packing tour of the Gold Belt scenic by-ways.
Jamie H
VerifiedJune 4, 2022 • Stayed at: B-31, Loop: B
I really love the Banks Campground, but site 31 had a gigantic ant hill that was right next to where the tent set up was and the table. Ants were everywhere, which truly detracted from the trip. I have been at other campsites at Shelf Road without ants and had a great time.
BRYCE V
VerifiedJune 2, 2022 • Stayed at: B-23, Loop: B
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Rebecca E
VerifiedMarch 22, 2022 • Stayed at: Group Site 1, Loop:
Staying at Shelf is always a treat! Warm sunny climbing days all year round. We reserved both group sites for a large party coming down from the Front Range - parking is ample and flat (for van-sleepers) with a huge fire pit and great views from both sites. Site 1/A overlooks the climbing areas (and has a cliff... so maybe not best for toddlers or really drunk friends) and Site 2/B overlooks the mountains. Site 1/A has a little bit more coverage for shade/protection of wind. Both worked very well for our group.
Chris A
January 24, 2022
Would be great to have a campground host
Sylvia M
VerifiedJanuary 19, 2022 • Stayed at: B-32, Loop: B
So beautiful and quiet. Love staying here.
Jennifer F
December 11, 2021
Good place to sport climb with a mix of route levels.
Renaud A
VerifiedNovember 17, 2021 • Stayed at: Group Site 2, Loop:
Group site 2 was very spacious and comfortable, and a good distance from other sites. Nice scenery. Clean toilets.
Location The Bank Campground
Address:
Bureau Of Land Management
Canon City, CO, 81212
United States
From Highway 50 in Cañon City, Take Dozier Avenue north following it as it turns west. At the four-way stop sign turn right on Field Avenue and follow it north until it turns into CR 9. In approximately 10 miles, continue straight and follow the sign for The Bank Campground. Campground is located approximately 1 mile up the rough dirt road.
Latitude & Longitude: 38.628 / -105.225
Elevation: 2089 feet
