Big Meadows Reservoir Campground (South Central Co)

Most cleanest outhouses I’ve ever experienced and the camp hosts were super !! Keep up the good work

Almost any camp site you stay at are all special. The walk around the lake is so peaceful and beautiful. I and my wife and grandkids love to camp for a couple of days each year or more.

I suggest a shade shelter for most of the campsites, as numerous trees had been removed, probably due to beetle kill. Trees are regrowing but are still too small to provide much shade on the sites or a lot of privacy. Luckily in June the weather was pleasant. Numerous sites had nice views of the reservoir.
Vault toilets that smelled like cinnamon were the cleanest I have ever experienced. I actually smiled when I walked into one. Kudos to the hosts!
We enjoyed our experience at Big Meadows.

This campsite provides campers (payers) with bear proof trash receptacles. However, there are signs posted on these receptacles directing campers to take their trash to the dumpsters which can be a far walk. Why aren't campers allowed to use these recepticles?
Lazy Camp Host's?

We love this campground! The campground is easy to find and the signs once you’re there make it easy to find your spot. Because the campground is on the hill, some sites require going up or down steps to get to the fire pit and picnic table. The views are amazing and the roads are well kept. We’ve stayed twice now and plan to come back every year.

Love this campground. The lake is beautiful, and fishing is good. We have camped here now for a couple of years. The hiking is good but the trail leading out needs to be groomed. Too many downed trees to crawl over. The people who are the camp hosts are very nice and really accommodating.
Thanks for a great experience!

Love Big Meadows. 3rd time there and we’ll be back next year. Vault toilets were best maintained we’ve seen and camp hosts were around, but not intrusive. Campsite was very clean, really appreciate that. Now…if you could just get folks to observe one-way signs… At any rate, thanks!

We really like this place. Great view of the lake from most all spots. The sites are spread out enought that you feel you have your own sweet view. We used our UTV and EMTB to get around to other areas easily. They have water available,though we didn't need it for our two night stay. We saw a lot of people catching fish at the lake and at Shaw lake up the road, so, that's our next thing we will try here. The winds were too rough most of the time while here so the Kayaks we brought sat in their perch. The hike around the lake is very nice and easy with the extended hike options though we were recovering from injuries so didn't take full advantage. The temps drop quickly at night so next time we are going to have a portable fire bowl to plug into the propane port on our RV to let us stay out a little longer. I wish there were more UTV and EMTB options on the west side of the road. T

This was our second year on site 46 on the upper loop. In contrast to the previous year, we were eaten alive by bugs and because of the hot dry conditions the roads were extremely dusty. Those that drove the speed limit of 5 mph raised very little dust, but they were far and few between. A vast majority drove well above the speed limit and showed little consideration of others. Site 46 is a single remote site on a big curve where people had a tendency to pick up speed. The road should have some kind of treatment for dust abatement.

Very nice campground but it was crazy windy while we were there but the fishing was still good. We will go back!