Gore Creek Campground

I do love this campground - we come two or three times a season since we discovered it - both as a destination and as a stopover because of the proximity to I-70. Most of the sites are fairly private, the vegetation is lush, and the creek sound is nice white noise accompaniment if you're near it. It will completely mask any noise, but even in the low numbered sites the freeway noise is very distant and background. It isn't a campground for very large RVs (like most older FS campgrounds), but I think is perfection for tents or smaller RVs. We have had adequate solar for charging in all of the sites we've camped in, but it isn't full day sun and a few of the sites might have very little. In return it is perfect for escaping summer heat - no AC needed.

It is a 12 minute walk to the Vail free bus at the Bighorn/Main stop, which can take you to the village for shopping and dining - very nice since Vail started charging for the parking garage during the summer The bus also stops at several trailheads. But excellent hiking trails start right from the campground (Deluge Lake, Gore Lake, Red Buffalo Pass, even Red Peak) and it is directly on the bike path from Avon/Vail to Copper/Frisco/Summit County so you have a lot of options where you don't need to take your car. No RV water fill-up or dump station, so do both (Frisco or Edwards are closest) if you need to before you get here. Good cell service on Verizon. Rates are FS standard but if course with that juicy pass discount just $12.50 + rec.gov fee. One warning: there are real critters around here (a fox ran through our campsite at dusk), so take the FS (screwed to the picnic table) warnings seriously and use the bear lockers. We'll be back.

Just passing through. Clean, quiet campground. Nice hiking in the area. Hope to get back someday.

A small campsite that is very convenient to the Vail area. Surprisingly quiet even though it's just a little ways away from I-70. Host was extremely friendly and helpful.

The site was beautiful, quiet and serene with all space and resources available. The campground was better than we had expected and we plan to get back to the site on a future journey.

Site 20 was about 50 yards from the parking area. Beautiful campground that seemed to have good upkeep. You can hear a small amount of background noise from I-70 at the site, but it's not bad in my opinion.

One of the best campgrounds I've ever been to. Already booked another site!

Beautiful spot! Others have reported road noise but we didn't have any issues. Bathrooms were really clean with great quality TP, huge plus!

Great spot! Would definitely return. One note is that Site 19 is fairly steep with sharp rocks. If you’re traveling with toddlers / kids I’d recommend Site 18, which is a large flat space.

Nice and quiet. Very isolated. Had a nice spot with the creek running behind us. Had excellent cell service with T Mobile.

Quite cool and dark in late September, but nice big sites and amazingly close to Vail. Some road noise from I70 but not annoying. Would visit again.