About Dowdy Lake
Number of accommodations: 50
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
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- Potable Water
Water Access
- Lake Access
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Reviews (836)
What Guests Are Saying
Dowdy Lake offers a beautiful campground with well-maintained sites and restrooms, stunning scenery, and abundant wildlife, making it a favorite spot for campers. Many visitors appreciate the peaceful atmosphere, clean facilities, and helpful camp hosts. While some minor issues, like noise from nearby roads and bright restroom lights, were noted, overall experiences have been positive, with enjoyable outdoor activities and a pleasant camping environment.
What Guests Are Saying
Dowdy Lake offers a beautiful campground with well-maintained sites and restrooms, stunning scenery, and abundant wildlife, making it a favorite spot for campers. Many visitors appreciate the peaceful atmosphere, clean facilities, and helpful camp hosts. While some minor issues, like noise from nearby roads and bright restroom lights, were noted, overall experiences have been positive, with enjoyable outdoor activities and a pleasant camping environment.
Review Summary
Mike C
VerifiedAugust 20, 2020 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: A
Such a beautiful place! I come here once a year just to unwind next to the lake and bike to Mt Margaret.
Mike C
VerifiedAugust 20, 2020 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: A
Such a beautiful place! I come here once a year just to unwind next to the lake and bike to Mt Margaret.
Susan D
VerifiedAugust 18, 2020 • Stayed at: 037, Loop: D
Dowdy Lake is beautiful! Very family friendly. There is a wonderful 2-mile trail that goes around the entire lake that is used by both hikers and mountain bikers, along with several off-shoot trails for a more extended hike/ride. Fishing is good, although the shoreline is crowded on weekends due to day visitors. I would recommend camping on a weekday to avoid the crowds. The RV sites are clean and distanced enough apart for some privacy. Most are shaded.
Susan D
VerifiedAugust 18, 2020 • Stayed at: 037, Loop: D
Dowdy Lake is beautiful! Very family friendly. There is a wonderful 2-mile trail that goes around the entire lake that is used by both hikers and mountain bikers, along with several off-shoot trails for a more extended hike/ride. Fishing is good, although the shoreline is crowded on weekends due to day visitors. I would recommend camping on a weekday to avoid the crowds. The RV sites are clean and distanced enough apart for some privacy. Most are shaded.
Judy C
VerifiedAugust 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 037, Loop: D
Site and campground was awesome! Camp hosts and maintenance folks were double awesome!! But there was no electricity. It just wouldn’t work. The guys worked hard to fix it the next morning but we had to move On by 11am. Went to a second site and that electrical box didn’t work either! Again the site, Campground, camp hosts, and maintenance folks were all wonderful-its just tough to go camping at a site 2 nights in a row - pay $40 each night - and not have electricity we expected, meal planned for, and paid a lot for!!! Please fund your campgrounds better! Train your folks to test electrical each day because you can’t charge that much for an electric site and not provide it. Now with fires close to the area-our $40 site cost $32 to cancel—-we get $8 back to cancel a reservation because they evacuated the area!! WTF?!? I wouldn’t ask for a refund at all if the money went to National Forest or Firefighting efforts, but it goes to campground management company that can’t even keep up maintenance on electrical boxes! Very disappointed!!! Now I just learned that I was charge $72 instead of $40 for second night of camping! Place is a scam!
Mike D
VerifiedAugust 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 057, Loop: E
Great for lake activities but too busy to fish during the day. Lots of dirt roads to walk and bike on as well.
Amorie H
VerifiedAugust 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 042, Loop: E
There were so many mice that infiltrated our camper at night that we had to set up mouse traps and fill holes. We still got them all over in the camper.
Geoff C
August 17, 2020
Great trip
Judy C
VerifiedAugust 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 037, Loop: D
Site and campground was awesome! Camp hosts and maintenance folks were double awesome!! But there was no electricity. It just wouldn’t work. The guys worked hard to fix it the next morning but we had to move On by 11am. Went to a second site and that electrical box didn’t work either! Again the site, Campground, camp hosts, and maintenance folks were all wonderful-its just tough to go camping at a site 2 nights in a row - pay $40 each night - and not have electricity we expected, meal planned for, and paid a lot for!!! Please fund your campgrounds better! Train your folks to test electrical each day because you can’t charge that much for an electric site and not provide it. Now with fires close to the area-our $40 site cost $32 to cancel—-we get $8 back to cancel a reservation because they evacuated the area!! WTF?!? I wouldn’t ask for a refund at all if the money went to National Forest or Firefighting efforts, but it goes to campground management company that can’t even keep up maintenance on electrical boxes! Very disappointed!!! Now I just learned that I was charge $72 instead of $40 for second night of camping! Place is a scam!
Mike D
VerifiedAugust 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 057, Loop: E
Great for lake activities but too busy to fish during the day. Lots of dirt roads to walk and bike on as well.
Location Dowdy Lake
Address:
9054 U.S Hwy 285
Morrison, CO, 80465
United States
From Fort Collins, take Highway 287 north for approximately 24 miles to Livermore. Turn west on County Road 74 and continue about 23 miles to Dowdy Lake Road. Turn right, then another right onto Dowdy Drive and continue to the campground.
Dowdy Lake is accessed via Highway 287, which is approximately 24 miles from Fort Collins. From Highway 287, the route continues on County Road 74 for about 23 miles before reaching Dowdy Lake Road.
Latitude & Longitude: 40.7965 / -105.566
Elevation: 2496 feet
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
