Crescent Mining Camp

We have been coming to Crescent Mining Camp for several years and love it. It is great that you rent to cabins so that you can bring a friend or two. We also go to the Dawson Cabin down the road (also available to rent on recreation.gov). I like the Crescent Mining Camp's location next to Clear Creek. It is always fun to check out what the beavers have been up to. The cabins are cozy and provide safety from bears and the elements. We love that we can bring our two dogs. They know where we are when we pull in and get VERY excited because they are glad to be there. We bring our cots, propane stove, and cooking supplies, plus the dogs' equipment.

We had a beautiful time once we got there. We ended up experiencing not receiving the confirmation email with the combination and had to call the 800 number to get combination. But everything worked out great and we had a great time.! I would recommend.

Place was perfect. Same with Dawson's cabin down the road. Clean, remote, all basic amenities provided. Loved it.

Beautiful spot. Road up is very rough and nearest town is 1 hour + so be prepared. Lots of bugs due to the beaver pond 100 ft from the cabins.

Couldn’t have been more perfect! What a great way to experience life in the late 1800’s.

Neat place, if you can't reserve the cabins there are many dispersed camping sites up and down the road. Beats setting up a tent.

Drove from Denver for one night at Crescent Mining Camp while stopping at Leadville, Twin Lakes and Independence Pass along the way. Loved the site and it is HUGE. We had two pups and you have access to 2 of the 4 cabins on site as well as an outhouse. There is room for at least 4-5 other tent camping sites and all of it is reserved under the mining camp. It's about 50 yards from the creek and some walkable old closed off-roading trails. Cabin 1 could fit at least 3 large air mattresses and Cabin 2 could fit at least 2. They are sealed off from the outside and have modern windows with screens so you can get a breeze. There are two established firepits, one metal with a grill for cooking and one stone. The private drive locks with a substantial metal gate and using the padlocks on the gate, cabins and outhouse was easy. We will definitely be back!

Note - the road to get to the cabin private drive is off-roading, no phone service and rough for 30 minutes coming from the Twin Lakes area. I would not take a normal passenger car on it, we have a lifted Jeep. I didn't think this was properly explained in the details and instructions.

We showed up and everything was locked. So we were ultimately unable to stay. I may have missed something about checking in, but any information was unclear or difficult to find.

Great cabins! We love that dogs are allowed and our dogs love the cabins. We are especially glad that there is a gate on the road in front of the cabins and we don't have ATVs through there all day and night! Thank you! It was very quiet and peaceful. Love the stream next to the cabins and visiting the beaver lodges. It is great to have a cabin rather than having to pitch a tent. Good things to do are walking along the stream and visiting the ghost town at nearby Winfield.

The Crescent Mining Cabins were wonderful. The facilities were very clean. The one thing that would have made it better is a wood burning stove in each cabin. Thank you.