Cold Springs - Arapaho Roosevelt Nf (CO)

Great spot! Be prepared for altitude!!! Campground and restrooms clean. Quiet setting in a beautiful area. Nice general store only minutes away, with fuel!

Site #20 is terrible and the rest of the campground isn't much better. When I arrived at the site, I was surprised to find that sites 20-22 are actually two sites combined into three. The campers in site 21 had their stuff (including their dog) sprawled into site 20, and it wasn't clear where one site ends and another starts. You cannot get to site 20 without walking through site 21, and all three sites share a parking spot. This is not at all clear from the photo description or map on recreation.gov. It's quite deceiving. We went looking for the camp host hoping they could help clear up the confusion, but they were nowhere to be found on a Tuesday afternoon. We left and found a walk-in site at Kelly Dahl campground instead.

In addition to the poorly spaced sites, the campground is right next to the highway. This is the worst national forest campground I've ever visited.

What a fun place to hike and climb rocks! We had a little rain, but when it cleared the site was set up well for campfire. Glad we were towards the back to enjoy this peaceful setting - site 24. The park is close to a busy road, so be aware of that as you pick your site. We were able to walk across the road and up the hill to visit the local county fair. Fun to see.

It was a lovely stay! Everything was very well maintained and we were lucky to see wildlife and amazing wildflowers.

What a fun place to hike and climb rocks! We had a little rain, but when it cleared the site was set up well for campfire. Glad we were towards the back to enjoy this peaceful setting - site 24. The park is close to a busy road, so be aware of that as you pick your site. We were able to walk across the road and up the hill to visit the local county fair. Fun to see.

It was a lovely stay! Everything was very well maintained and we were lucky to see wildlife and amazing wildflowers.

Good campground overall. Site 24 was a great, shaded site for our trailer except for close proximity to vault toilets made for consistent odor into the site - it is what it is. Really cool hiking trail to beautiful view. Camp host loaned us jumper cables for dead battery on our truck! Site was clean and ready upon arrival. Vault toilets very clean. Noise level was quiet, was afraid we were too loud! Kids loved climbing and playing around the boulders behind site 24. Had a young moose (cow) walk right behind our site, couldn’t believe how close she was! Water was off during our stay, but was aware before we arrived.
Close location to Black Hawk is cool, but not much in the way of restaurants that we found, mainly the casinos. Not sure you could get a massive trailer in the sites, but we’re a few decent sized rigs.
It’s a good campground. Our experience that site 24 was great for us despite the random toilet odors. Were there early July, got warm during day for sure, but cooled off quite a bit at night.

Good campground overall. Site 24 was a great, shaded site for our trailer except for close proximity to vault toilets made for consistent odor into the site - it is what it is. Really cool hiking trail to beautiful view. Camp host loaned us jumper cables for dead battery on our truck! Site was clean and ready upon arrival. Vault toilets very clean. Noise level was quiet, was afraid we were too loud! Kids loved climbing and playing around the boulders behind site 24. Had a young moose (cow) walk right behind our site, couldn’t believe how close she was! Water was off during our stay, but was aware before we arrived.
Close location to Black Hawk is cool, but not much in the way of restaurants that we found, mainly the casinos. Not sure you could get a massive trailer in the sites, but we’re a few decent sized rigs.
It’s a good campground. Our experience that site 24 was great for us despite the random toilet odors. Were there early July, got warm during day for sure, but cooled off quite a bit at night.

Road noise pretty much all day and night long at every site! Site #5 and others have a VERY narrow 'pull off' with very little road clearance, to park the rig, and then there are stairs to get to the picnic tables and grills! WHAT A PAIN~ make sure you are in good physical condition!!!

Road noise pretty much all day and night long at every site! Site #5 and others have a VERY narrow 'pull off' with very little road clearance, to park the rig, and then there are stairs to get to the picnic tables and grills! WHAT A PAIN~ make sure you are in good physical condition!!!