Saddlehorn Campground

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The view at the camp is amazing, the site 39B was excellent but it was hard to level the RV. If we were allowed to lite fire I would have gave score of 5.

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We loved it here! Close enough to go see the canyon at sunset and sunrise. Nice bathrooms too.

Saddlehorn Campground is a well maintained campground with beautiful views of the nearby canyon overlooking Fruita. If you are driving through the area and need a place to stay i’s worth camping here. But make sure you have enough time to drive the 19 miles through Colorado National Monument and leave time to take in the magnificent views.

The sites aren’t generally well suited for large RVs so make sure to check the size limitations before booking. Site 41 was big and conveniently located next to the nice bathrooms (well maintain with automated flush toilets but no showers). It took some maneuvering to back in to the site. The slight slope worked for my tiny trailer but I wouldn’t want to try to park an RV there or many of the other spots.

The weather was comfortable during my mid May stay but there was lots of wind most days (up to 50mph gusts). Be prepared for wind. I felt bad for the people in tents.
There was a fee to enter Colorado National Monument park so add that $25 to the camping fee. Also, I don't recommend following the campground website's directions on how to get there if you are driving east to west. Follow your car’s navigation directions instead which will likely send you through the west entrance near Fruita; that is much faster than the east entrance followed by 19 miles of crawling along the canyon’s edge. The 19 mile drive is lovely, but you don’t want to hurry through it as you head to your campsite. Lots of people stay just one night. If you are one of them, I’d still suggest you make sure you have time to take in some of the short hikes and sightseeing as you drive through the park. If you stay longer, know that internet (Verizon) was surprisingly good.

Great views! Great weather! Very well maintained!!!

Beautiful campground.

Beautiful campground as always. My one area of discontent was the lack of rule enforcing by the campground host and NPS. There were campers two sites away that were playing music so loud it was practically vibrating my tent. I asked them politely to quiet down TWICE and thankfully the second time they actually listened. Another RV close to my site decided to run their generator after 10pm. Just kind of sucked that no one seemed to care about enforcing any kind of rules to show respect to the other campers in the campground. I was camping solo and I am a young female, so my lack of willingness to approach loud, drunk, partying men and ask them to quiet down shouldn’t come as a surprise. Needless to say, I shouldn’t have even been put into that position. But I guess with 99.9% of the campground being RV campers, no one else could hear the noise as loudly as I could? Regardless the camp host sign said “off duty” from the moment I arrived at 2pm, so I literally had no idea who to call for an issue like this. God forbid I had a real emergency. I just wish patrolling and rule enforcing had had more of a presence while I had stayed there. It was pretty discouraging to see the lack of respect some of these campers had for those who like tent camping, waking up to the peaceful sounds of birds chirping, and quietly watching a sunrise. Instead, I was kept up late by various rude campers and all I heard were yappy dogs, generators, motorcycles, and loud men yelling. :(

Great views, nice campground

The restroom in loop B was the dirtiest public restroom I have seen in many years. The site I was given faced the wrong way for a travel trailer.