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13 total sitesAbout May Queen
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2026 Season availability
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Water Access
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Reviews (214)
What Guests Are Saying
May Queen campground is consistently praised for its beautiful and serene environment, well-maintained facilities, and responsive camp host, Dan, who ensures a safe experience, especially during emergencies. Many campers appreciate the spacious and private sites, clean amenities, and excellent fishing opportunities. However, some negative feedback includes issues with campsite accessibility, water availability, and challenges with refunds from the booking service. Overall, it remains a favored destination among visitors.
What Guests Are Saying
May Queen campground is consistently praised for its beautiful and serene environment, well-maintained facilities, and responsive camp host, Dan, who ensures a safe experience, especially during emergencies. Many campers appreciate the spacious and private sites, clean amenities, and excellent fishing opportunities. However, some negative feedback includes issues with campsite accessibility, water availability, and challenges with refunds from the booking service. Overall, it remains a favored destination among visitors.
Review Summary
Herb P
VerifiedSeptember 16, 2025 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: MAY
We enjoyed our stay at may Queen. it is a very scenic and clean facility. We also appreciate that some of the sites at May Queen are first come sites. This enables us to re-locate to a first come site and extend our stay when we had to change our plans.
Herb P
VerifiedSeptember 16, 2025 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: MAY
We enjoyed our stay at may Queen. it is a very scenic and clean facility. We also appreciate that some of the sites at May Queen are first come sites. This enables us to re-locate to a first come site and extend our stay when we had to change our plans.
James S
VerifiedAugust 26, 2025 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: MAY
I returned to turquoise lake after 30 year stint of going other places. It was just as wonderful as I remember. The campground was clean, the host was most helpful, and the fishing was dynamite.
Elizabeth M
VerifiedAugust 26, 2025 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: MAY
This little campground is very peaceful and serene. We try to camp here at least once a year. Sometimes we fish, and other times we walk the beaches or lake trail. We also like to drive up to the trailhead above the lake to visit Hagerman's Pass, which is an easy trail. If we are there in late summer, we also like to pick raspberries.
James S
VerifiedAugust 26, 2025 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: MAY
I returned to turquoise lake after 30 year stint of going other places. It was just as wonderful as I remember. The campground was clean, the host was most helpful, and the fishing was dynamite.
Elizabeth M
VerifiedAugust 26, 2025 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: MAY
This little campground is very peaceful and serene. We try to camp here at least once a year. Sometimes we fish, and other times we walk the beaches or lake trail. We also like to drive up to the trailhead above the lake to visit Hagerman's Pass, which is an easy trail. If we are there in late summer, we also like to pick raspberries.
John G
VerifiedAugust 15, 2025 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: MAY
I love camping here... especially when it's hot at a lower elevation. Fellow campers were quiet and respectful. The host was great to talk to. I saw my first snowshoe hare while I was camping here this month.
John G
VerifiedAugust 15, 2025 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: MAY
I love camping here... especially when it's hot at a lower elevation. Fellow campers were quiet and respectful. The host was great to talk to. I saw my first snowshoe hare while I was camping here this month.
Darlene L
VerifiedJuly 27, 2025 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: MAY
Our first time at Turquoise Lake and May Queen felt like a quieter smaller campground than the others on the opposite side of the lake. You don't as great a mountain view as the campgrounds on the other side of the Lake but you get a sweet lagoon and sometimes beautiful calm water. Many fisher people and some people using paddle boarders and inflatables. The camp was clean and there's not many sites. On the weekend the walk-in tent sites were full of large groups with many tents. The camper sites are fairly spacious and lined up along the one road past the walk-in sites. The toilets ran out of toilet paper and Dan the host was quickly accommodating and restocked them. There is a day use area that gets busy on weekends and also had some young kids drive in one night at 3:30am and blast music. Once they were addressed they left. The hike along the lake is beautiful.
Darlene L
VerifiedJuly 27, 2025 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: MAY
Our first time at Turquoise Lake and May Queen felt like a quieter smaller campground than the others on the opposite side of the lake. You don't as great a mountain view as the campgrounds on the other side of the Lake but you get a sweet lagoon and sometimes beautiful calm water. Many fisher people and some people using paddle boarders and inflatables. The camp was clean and there's not many sites. On the weekend the walk-in tent sites were full of large groups with many tents. The camper sites are fairly spacious and lined up along the one road past the walk-in sites. The toilets ran out of toilet paper and Dan the host was quickly accommodating and restocked them. There is a day use area that gets busy on weekends and also had some young kids drive in one night at 3:30am and blast music. Once they were addressed they left. The hike along the lake is beautiful.
Location & Directions for May Queen
Leadville Ranger District, Leadville, CO 80461 United States
Elevation: 3,023 ft
Getting There
From Leadville, Colorado, head west on County Road 4. Continue on the paved road about 9 mi to May Queen Campground on the right.
Highway access
The nearest major road is US Highway 24, located approximately 10 miles east of May Queen Campground.
Policies & Rules
Cancellation policy
- Reservation fees are non-refundable. For campsites, cabins, lookouts, yurts, group sites, and similar stays, we charge a reservation service fee of $8.
- Standard cancellations usually have a $10 cancellation fee. Customers can generally cancel before the check-in date online.
- Late cancellation rules differ by stay type.
- Individual campsites: cancelling after 12:00am local time the day before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- Cabins, lookouts, and yurts: cancelling less than 14 days before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- One-night reservations: a late cancellation usually forfeits the full amount paid, up to the total original reservation cost.
- Modifications are allowed before the cut-off window, but fees depend on the change. Changing to dates completely outside the original reservation dates may trigger a $10 change fee. Extending or shortening a stay that still includes original dates usually has no change fee, though refunds may depend on timing and facility rules. Switching to the same type of campsite for the same dates usually has no change fee, but price differences are charged or refunded.
- Early departures may or may not be refunded. At certain facilities, partial refunds may be possible if staff can mark the site available for other visitors. No refund is given for a night if the early departure is requested after that day's check-out time.
- Security deposits are separate. Security deposits may be refunded to the original payment method if the facility is left in acceptable condition, as determined by the property.
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Last updated: October 18, 2026