Lakeview Campground

Year three! Still no potable water!
Upside, they have upgraded the sites on loop E!
New tables, timbers, and fire pits. Upgraded pit toilet!! All very nice. The views are still some of the best in the state.

Bring water or fill jugs at nearby White Star Campground.

Beautiful campground. Sites nicely spaced apart. Exceptionally helpful host, clean vault toilets. Downgraded from 5 due to sites being much smaller than listed on the website. The site was listed for a max of 33 ft and we barely had room for our 25 ft camper. Others in our group experienced the same.

Beautiful campsites nestled into the Aspen and spruce trees. Very well maintained. Sites are best suited for RVs 30 ft or less. The camp host was very accommodating and nice.

My 3rd visit to Lakeview. Kayak on Twin Lakes right across the street. Hiking trails nearby. Quiet nights. Beautiful scenery.
Friends host. Clean restrooms.
I’ll be back…

Do you love...
- mosquitos (and most importantly, do they love you)?
- the smell of a vault toilet wafting over your campsite at random moments throughout the day?
- the sound of large pickup tricks roaring past your campsite from early in the morning until late at night?
If so, then have I got a campsite for you!

Seriously, though, even though you do get all of these things, the site wasn't terrible. If you can handle being near the main entrance (and thus getting the road noise from the main road as well as the entrance road) and the occasional smell of the vault toilet, you'll love this site. Just bring mosquito repellent. Bring lots. Oh and please make sure to read any notices on the campgrounds page because there was no water at all at this campground and we didn't bring any with us.

Another thing we noticed was that it wasn't really obvious where we were supposed to pitch our tent. You could pitch it on the parking spot if you have a shorter vehicle like we did, but we ended up finding a relatively flat spot up on the campsite that looked like it had been used for a tent before to pitch our tent.

Overall, the campground is in a great location. It's close to Twin Lakes and not too far from Buena Vista, Leadville and Aspen. As well as the always spectacular Independence Pass. This really is a must-see. Just remember, it can be in the 80's down in Twin Lakes and cold and windy at the top of the pass, so dress accordingly.

Great site

While listed as a tent site there was not a level spot for our tent. I was also disappointed that the paint on the picnic table was peeling. On the positive side the sites were adequately disbursed.

The area was clean and beautiful, but I thought the sites were a little close. I have to give 3 stars because at 10 am on my last day, the next guests were already unpacking their things in my site as I was cleaning up, putting their things on the picnic table next to me. I want to emphasize this was a reserved site, where check-out is at 11am and check-in is at 2pm. Their tents were up before I even drove off. I think it's inappropriate for the campsite to allow this behavior.

I hate to give it 5 stars because that might make it harder to get reservations than it already is, but I have to be honest. Great place!!