Burning Bear Campground

Small cozy campground with good space between sites. Camp host was super helpful and attentive to campground care. Lots of hiking trails and fishing nearby. We saw deer, squirrels, chipmunks, and lots of birds in the campground. We will try to go back every year.

After our reservation got cancelled at Geneva Park Campground (just a couple miles up the road) about 2 weeks shy of our scheduled trip, I was able to find a reservation for our first night here, at Burning Bear Campground. After the first night, we were able to move sites to a first come first serve site for the next 3 nights. We absolutely loved this campground! It is a beautiful, cozy, little area right off of Guanella Pass Road. GPR is a beautiful drive with a very well maintained road. We hiked Mount Bierstadt, the trailhead is about a 15 minute drive north. After the hike, we drove south to Grant and ate lunch at The Shaggy Sheep, a cute little restaurant on highway 285. We also hike Burning Bear Trail, which is just around the corner from the campground. Being from Kansas, we did experience some altitude issues the first night, but that is to be expected, I suppose. My camp stove was having problems, and I happened to find one at the little jerky shop on the corner in Grant, where the GPR junctions with the highway....I think he has about anything you are looking for if you're in desperate need of anything! Although initially disappointed about our reservations at the other campground getting cancelled, it all worked out better than expected when we took a chance on this little jewel of a campground! Clean bathrooms that smelled decent, and a great camp host, Jake, who was helpful and kind. We experienced quite a bit of rain while there, but it didn't derail the fun time we had! None of us had cell service, but we were okay with that!

Small primitive campground but nice

Beautiful campsite and great hiking within walking distance.

Beautiful quiet campground. The site spacing was very good. Bathrooms were clean. The host came by a couple times a day. Couple notes. No tent pads at the site or the other we checked. Made it hard to find a flat spot to set up a tent. Also, the water had a brownish tint to it. It may have been fine but we choose to drive to town and buy water jugs.

Loved the environment. Best sunset and the bathrooms were very clean and didn't smell at all!

beautiful spot convenient to trails, water, Grant and Georgetown. Small campground with no on site host, though they came through every morning and were friendly and helpful. Extremely quiet, clean toilet only bathroom. Only real negative is you need to take your garbage out. No bearboxes, no garbage until town, and nowhere you're 'supposed' to throw stuff away. I asked a local business and they were nice enough to let me throw a bag in the dumpster.

Great campsite right off Guanella Pass. Bathrooms were kept clean and its proximity to the trailhead can't be beat. The only downside is that the camp host is not on site, so I missed him when he came by on one of the days to buy firewood.

Very small campground w great access to Guanella pass and extensive hiking opportunities. Minimal amenities but amazing views!