Burning Bear Campground

This campground is one of my favorites in Colorado! A small campground so it is a quiet peaceful experience. My campsite was at the back of the whole campground and on second night I had nobody around me at all. Had a quiet night around my campfire and very peaceful night sleep. It is kept clean and well maintained. Thank you for a great time and I will be back!

Camped at Burning Bear for 3 days... bathroom was clean, campground was clean and reasonably quiet for the number of campers....campsites are pretty close together but that wasn't a problem.

The camping area was well maintained. The camp host was very pleasant and welcoming.

The man and woman couple who take care of Burning Bear, as well as Geneva Park, Campgrounds, are the nicest people! And they keep both campgrounds clean and maintain the outhouses well.
As an aside, they even remembered me from my visit to Burning Bear last year; I'm the older man from California.
I'll be back, maybe at the end of the summer.

We love this small quiet campground. We always camp with a large group of friends here and the restrooms are very clean. The camp host is awesome too!

Loved staying at this campsite! Beautiful location, easy to find, quiet and peaceful. Only downside was the hosts weren’t there and there was no firewood so we had to drive 15 minutes down the road to buy some, which ended up being fine. Bathrooms had one in ground toilet, no running water. Perfect location for our climb up Mt Bierstadt in the morning!

Really enjoyed our site and the campground hosts

While rain was frequent, and nights were in the 40's, this setting was gorgeous. I LOVE small campgrounds! Grab your wood in Bailey as no host onsite and not around often to get wood from (also it's cheaper than the $10/tiny bundle the Forest Service offers). Bathrooms were clean and stocked. I would love to return but not the easiest to get a reserved site.

Beautiful campground with stunning views of the mountains along Guanella Pass. Best sites are along the outer ring which back up to woods and the mountainside The sites in the middle offer very little privacy but do have good views. Pump water is unchlorinated and a little brown but safe to drink and tasted fine. Brown Bear 601 and Abyss Hiking trails are right next to the campground and both stunningly beautiful. Be warned - no cell service up here whatsoever

Again... WHERE ARE THE HOSTS? This was our second camping weekend of 2024 and, ironically, we'd camped here this same weekend last year. We like the area and the small size of the campground and that there are hiking trails nearby. What happened this year? We camped elsewhere Memorial Day weekend and were shocked to see that there were no hosts. By this weekend, we were already on notice and, again, there is no campground host. Fortunately, this campground did have reservation markers on the campsites, so we were less concerned about others taking our site. (Which was a joke in itself as there were only 4 or 5 groups the entire time we were there despite "reservations" for almost all sites. Seriously people...). But again, I'm concerned about the lack of hosts this season. We drove through the Geneva Creek Campground up the road and, again, no host. I think we were the only ones that bought wood in town and were the only ones to have a campfire. We normally buy local wood from the host. We also noticed that the campfire rings hadn't been cleaned out in who knows how long. I guess I'm just surprised. Just the presence of a campground host keeps people on their best behavior. The campground was cleaner last year when there was a host on site. They also sell local wood so that we aren't transporting bugs or disease. If you are camping at Burning Bear, know that there is no cell service and the water that comes out of the pump is brown. As long as you know ahead of time to bring your own water and firewood, then you'll have a great time.