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About Rocky Mountain National Park Glacier Basin Campground
Number of accommodations: 149
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2026 Season availability
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- Dump station on site
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Reviews (750)
What Guests Are Saying
Rocky Mountain National Park's Glacier Basin Campground offers stunning views, clean facilities, and easy access to popular hiking trails. Guests appreciate the friendly staff and well-maintained amenities, including restrooms with running water. Some concerns include crowded sites and shared bear boxes, but overall, visitors enjoyed their experiences and the campground's beautiful location.
What Guests Are Saying
Rocky Mountain National Park's Glacier Basin Campground offers stunning views, clean facilities, and easy access to popular hiking trails. Guests appreciate the friendly staff and well-maintained amenities, including restrooms with running water. Some concerns include crowded sites and shared bear boxes, but overall, visitors enjoyed their experiences and the campground's beautiful location.
Review Summary
Alan M
VerifiedJuly 26, 2026 • Stayed at: C114, Loop: loop C
I took my son and two grandsons to RMNP and we had a good time. One thing I missed was the ranger lead evening programs. I wish they could find a way to restore those educational programs, not only here but other national parks. They were very educational.
F P G
VerifiedJuly 26, 2026 • Stayed at: C070, Loop: loop C
What a scenic campground. Excellent rangers. Wonderful experience.
Kenneth B
VerifiedJuly 25, 2026 • Stayed at: D124, Loop: Loop D
Great views of the continental divide. Zero privacy. Close to bathroom and water. A very open, no-shade site. Perfect for sky-watching. The driveway is on the small side. I car-camped here with no problems, but anything bigger might have an issue. Absolutely love Glacier Basin campground. If you can get in, do it.
Dalia D
VerifiedJuly 25, 2026 • Stayed at: A006, Loop: Loop A
Shaded area. Right next to bathrooms so you get traffic on tent pad side. The bear boxes are shared. For this particular site they were pretty far apart, found it easier to use the bear box across the street. Clean bathrooms. As of July 22 no open flames including propane fire pits. They are only allowing propane for cooking purposes. With camping reservations you don't need additional bear lake timed entry.
Kalob C
VerifiedJuly 25, 2026 • Stayed at: C081, Loop: loop C
This spot was more than enough for my tent and my dog; the trees and plants offered plenty of privacy from the neighboring sites. The bathrooms were spotless. At night the view of the stars was incredible. Another great thing about staying here is you can wake up and explore Bear Lake Road without dealing with the timed reservations.
Anthony S
VerifiedJuly 24, 2026 • Stayed at: C086, Loop: loop C
We stayed at campsite C086 in Glacier Basin campground and it was lovely. It was a good balance of quiet and relaxing with enough human traffic to not feel entirely alone. The campsite was beautiful, and had enough privacy to not feel like you could directly see your neighbor. Restrooms were very clean and well maintained. And staff was wonderful, really appreciate when staff are on top of their stuff.
Gene Z
VerifiedJuly 24, 2026 • Stayed at: B061, Loop: Loop B
Excellent
Ronald S
VerifiedJuly 23, 2026 • Stayed at: B052, Loop: Loop B
Campground was quiet, plenty of space and closely located to the Park & Ride Bus center for easy transport to many trail heads. Bear, Nymph,Dream and Emerald Lakes are a must hike but can be very busy. After that there are many isolated trail heads and tons more alpine lakes where you lose the crowds and the scenery at RMNP is jaw dropping to say the least!!
James J
VerifiedJuly 23, 2026 • Stayed at: C079, Loop: loop C
Our site at Glacier Basin Campground was most comfortable and scenic (in Loop C), as we had small pines to provide shade and privacy from sites on both sides. However, many sites did not have similar privacy, and some were without shade. So carefully select your site. Also, our site did not provide a bear bin, leaving us to share a bin with a campsite across the road, since both sites next-door to us were already full. Otherwise, Glacier Basin is an ideal campground for us tent campers, providing very nice restroom accommodations, garbage and recycling opportunities, and walking access to Park and Ride and Sprague Lake trail.
Mark S
VerifiedJuly 23, 2026 • Stayed at: D131, Loop: Loop D
we enjoyed it.
Location Rocky Mountain National Park Glacier Basin Campground
Address:
1000 Highway 36
Estes Park, CO, 80517
United States
From Estes Park, CO:
Drive on U.S. Highway 36 west from Estes Park. The closest entrance to the park is the Beaver Meadows Entrance. The turn for Bear Lake Road is approximately 0.2 miles from the Beaver Meadows Entrance, located on the left side of the road.
Drive up Bear Lake Road 5.2 miles. The turn to enter Glacier Basin Campground is located on the left side of Bear Lake Road and across from the Park & Ride parking area.
From Grand Lake, CO:
Drive on U.S. Highway 34 east, which becomes Trail Ridge Road inside the park. Enter at the Grand Lake Entrance. Follow Trail Ridge Road east across the continental divide approximately 40 miles. When you come to Deer Ridge Junction, follow the signs for U.S. Hwy 36/Beaver Meadows Entrance. The turn for Bear Lake Road will be on your right, approximately 0.2 miles before the exit to the park.
Drive up Bear Lake Road 5.2 miles. The turn to enter Glacier Basin Campground is located on the left side of Bear Lake Road and across from the Park & Ride parking area.
The campground is accessible via U.S. Highway 36 from Estes Park and U.S. Highway 34 from Grand Lake, with both highways providing routes to the park entrances.
Elevation: 2630 feet
11 mi drive to downtown Estes Park (about 21 min)
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
1PM
Check out time
12PM
General
- Need to Know - You must scroll down and read all of the "Need to Know Information" below. By completing your camping reservation, you are agreeing to the following items. Use the scroll bar in this small window to scroll and read all the information.
- For visitors who are camping at Glacier Basin Campground, your Timed Entry + Bear Lake Road Reservation is included with your camping reservation. Campers will be able to enter the park beginning at 1 p.m. on the first day of their camping reservation, which is also the check-in time for all park campgrounds. Campers who plan to enter the park earlier in the day will have to enter the park outside of the times when timed entry is in effect (for example, before 9 a.m. for most areas of the park) or make a timed entry reservation.
- Site Limits. Each site is limited to eight (8) persons and one camping unit (i.e., a tent, RV, or trailer/tow vehicle) plus one additional tent per standard nonelectric site. All tents shall be located on the tent pad. All additional camp structures must be self standing without impacts to vegetation or trees. Parking is limited to two (2) vehicles per site. A vehicle is defined as one vehicle, one trailer, one RV, or one towed unit. Each vehicle must be parked on the gravel or paved parking pad causing no resource degradation or encroachment onto the paved access road. Some sites will accommodate only one vehicle on the graveled parking pad. Extra vehicles must park in overflow areas. Maximum length of stay. The maximum length of stay during peak season is 7 nights. Please check the rules and regulations before making your reservation. Group loop sites 1 through 13 at Glacier Basin Campground are tent only. Vehicles larger than 21-ft are not permitted in the Group Loop.
- Entrance Fee. A park entrance fee is required to enter Rocky Mountain National Park, or show your annual or lifetime park pass. You may pay the entrance fee upon arrival. Pass Discounts on Camping. If you use a Senior or Access Pass for a camping fee discount while booking a reservation, you must present the pass and photo ID upon check-in.
- Be Advised: Trailer length is the total maxium vehicle length allowable. (Trailer Length = Trailer + Hitch + Vehicle)
- Be Advised: Trailer length is the total maximum vehicle length allowable.(Trailer Length = Trailer + Hitch + Vehicle)
- No Hookups. There are no RV hookups available. Dump Station. RV sewage and wastewater tanks must be emptied at the dump station. No Shower or Laundry. There are no shower or laundry facilities in the campground; portable showers are prohibited.
- Food Storage and Wildlife. Bears, deer, elk, raccoons and skunks frequent the area. All food, pet food, cooking utensils and any other scented items must be stored in a food storage locker, located in the campground.
- Firewood. Firewood is not available for purchase at Glacier Basin Campground. Firewood is available for purchase at stores in Estes Park. Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
- Firewood. Firewood is available for purchase in the campground. Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
- STOP THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE SPECIES. Remove plants, seeds, animals, and mud from boots, gear, pets, and vehicles. Clean your gear before entering and leaving the recreation site. Stay on designated roads and trails and follow local guidelines for firewood. CLEAN, DRAIN, DRY boats and any other recreational equipment that contacts water. Dispose of unwanted bait, worms, fish parts, or other organisms into the trash and not into the environment. For more information visit the National Invasive Species Information Center .
- ATTENTION: If you plan on renting an RV or camping equipment and having it delivered to Rocky Mountain National Park, it is your responsibility to make sure that the individual or business that you are renting the equipment from has a valid permit to do business in the park. It is illegal to conduct business in a park area without a permit, contract, or other written agreement. Renting from a business or individual without a Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) with the park may leave you without accommodations as the RV/camping equipment may be turned away upon delivery.
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Last updated: September 4, 2026
