About Olive Ridge
Number of accommodations: 26
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (198)
What Guests Are Saying
Olive Ridge is a beautifully maintained campground with spacious, well-kept sites and friendly hosts who provide excellent service. While there are no water facilities and some complaints about the odor from vault toilets, the overall atmosphere is peaceful, with ample privacy and access to nearby hiking areas. Visitors appreciate the cleanliness and natural surroundings, making it a popular choice for campers.
What Guests Are Saying
Olive Ridge is a beautifully maintained campground with spacious, well-kept sites and friendly hosts who provide excellent service. While there are no water facilities and some complaints about the odor from vault toilets, the overall atmosphere is peaceful, with ample privacy and access to nearby hiking areas. Visitors appreciate the cleanliness and natural surroundings, making it a popular choice for campers.
Review Summary
Dara B
VerifiedJuly 19, 2024 • Stayed at: 035, Loop: SNEE
Excellent campground. Water nearby. Close to RMNP and Brainard Lake area. Camp host helpful and friendly.
Terrell S
VerifiedJuly 18, 2024 • Stayed at: 029, Loop: SNEE
This campground has good sites for tents as well as RVs. Everything is well maintained, the pit toilets are kept clean. Be aware, there is no water available in the campground (but that may change in the next several years). There is free spring water in nearby Allenspark. No cellular service at all in the campground. This campground is close to Wild Basin. Plus there are a few hiking trails from Allenspark which connect up with Wild Basin trails.
David L
VerifiedJuly 17, 2024 • Stayed at: 045, Loop: PIKA
Clean restrooms and very friendly and helpful host.
Great experience!
Kristen B
VerifiedJuly 15, 2024 • Stayed at: 044, Loop: PIKA
Stayed at Pika 44 and although the site was nice and spread out, you had a clear view of your neighbors to all sides. The site was shaded and trees were around, just not enough to block the view so privacy wise, this won't be the spot for you. Two bathrooms were close and clean but STUNK. They needed a cleaning tablet or whatever they put in there to help. It was hard to just pee because of the overwhelming smell. Host came by and was nice. Left us alone after that. Everyone seemed to abide by the quiet hours.
Cherissa C
VerifiedJuly 15, 2024 • Stayed at: 050, Loop: PIKA
Site 50 was not camper friendly. Thankfully we were tent camping, but hauling our gear up the cliff was not ideal.
Robert M
VerifiedJuly 15, 2024 • Stayed at: 056, Loop: PIKA
There's something wrong with the reservation system. This is the 2nd year in a row the same thing has happened.
As soon as reservations are open, you can book the weekdays BUT NOT FRI-SUN - when reservations open up they ALL say "reserved" (this is for ALL RESERVABLE SITES).
And they remain reserved up until a week before the date, even though nobody would be able to reserve them. I know this because I checked EVERY DAY leading up to our trip and FRI-SAT-SUN remained blocked for ALL RESERVABLE SITES.
In our case we book 6/17-6/20 the day reservations opened. Every single reservable site had Fri-Sun blocked up until the week of - in our case on the 17th the Fri-Sun 21-23 opened up as reservable. This happened the same last year (2023) as well.
Our stay was quite pleasant though and the camp host was wonderful!
Chris G
VerifiedJuly 13, 2024 • Stayed at: 040, Loop: PIKA
This campground is very secluded in the National Forest. No amenities but we were able to use our generator during hours of 8 am to 10 pm. Host was very nice. The site we reserved was small/short for our 31 ft travel trailer so the host put us in a first come/first serve site that was a better fit. Enjoyed visiting Rocky Mtn NP and the town of Estes during our stay.
Eckehard P
VerifiedJuly 12, 2024 • Stayed at: 048, Loop: PIKA
Very pleasant campground, sufficient distance to neighbours, nice and helpful camp ground manager.
Sometimes deers or moose walk through, they seem to like it as well.
No water at the campground, bring your own. Toilets very clean.
We enjoyed it, stayed there >10 days. Used it as base camp for hikes in Rocky Mnt Ntl park and around.
Robert L
VerifiedJuly 12, 2024 • Stayed at: 044, Loop: PIKA
Camp host was great to work with. Really kept the campground clean.
Matthew B
VerifiedJuly 10, 2024 • Stayed at: 047, Loop: PIKA
We had a great time in spot 47. It is near the back and there were plenty of rocks and forests for my 7 and 11 year old girls to explore. Bathrooms were kept clean by host and it was quiet throughout. Great experience
Location Olive Ridge
Address:
9054 U.S Hwy 285
Morrison, CO, 80465
United States
The campground is located on the west side of Colorado Highway 7, between Allenspark and Meeker Park at mile-marker 14. It is approximately six miles north of the intersection of Colorado Highways 7 and 72 (which is 21 miles west-north-west of Lyons), 15 miles south of Estes park, and 29 miles north of Nederland.
Latitude & Longitude: 40.2088 / -105.522
Elevation: 2540 feet
Policies & Rules
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Water is not available at Olive Ridge. Please bring all the water you will need for your stay. There are not utility or water hook-ups, dump stations, or showers within the campground. |
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This is bear country! For bear and human safety, keep a clean campsite and do not place food or other attractants in your tent. For more information about visiting bear country, contact Colorado Parks and Wildlife at http://wildlife.state.co.us |
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https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/arp for more information on the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests |
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Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing organisms by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org. |
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All campsites must be occupied within 26 hours of the beginning of the reservation. If not present the site will be rented by first come first serve basis. |
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EXTRA VEHICLE FEES: One vehicle is included in your reservation. Any additional vehicles will be charged $8.00 per vehicle per night and will be collected by the camphost. There is not a way to pay for extra vehicles when you make your reservation. One vehicle consists of one camper being towed by vehicle, or any other vehicle towed behind camper. One van or one truck with camper attached counts as one vehicle. |
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Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed. |
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Tents must fit on the pads provided. All campsites with a tent pad have a bear locker. RVs, trailers or other vehicles must fit on the parking spur. Driving or parking off road is not permitted. |
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Pets must be on a hand-held leash at all times. |
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Modifications for this campground must be made through Recreation.gov PRIOR to your reservation start date. Customers and contact center agents cannot modify reservations on or after the check-in date. |
