About Amphitheater (CO)
Number of accommodations: 20
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Reviews (180)
What Guests Are Saying
Amphitheater Campground is highly praised for its stunning views, cleanliness, and friendly, helpful camp hosts who enhance the overall experience. While the campground features tight roads and small sites, making it less suitable for larger RVs, it is ideal for tents and smaller trailers. Some guests noted the need for bear boxes and improvements to the pit toilets, but many expressed their eagerness to return due to the beautiful setting and access to hiking trails.
What Guests Are Saying
Amphitheater Campground is highly praised for its stunning views, cleanliness, and friendly, helpful camp hosts who enhance the overall experience. While the campground features tight roads and small sites, making it less suitable for larger RVs, it is ideal for tents and smaller trailers. Some guests noted the need for bear boxes and improvements to the pit toilets, but many expressed their eagerness to return due to the beautiful setting and access to hiking trails.
Review Summary
Skylar W
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: AMPHITHEATER
i love ouray!!! first time camping here! seemed like a small campsite, but had great campers all around! was able to sit on a bench at the overlook at sunset and after dark- saw lots of doe’s and fawns! camp host Steve was so kind and made me feel very safe as a solo-female camper!
ryan l
VerifiedSeptember 10, 2021 • Stayed at: 008, Loop: AMPHITHEATER
Camp attendants are extremely friendly and helpful! Beauty of a campground.
Joyce M
VerifiedSeptember 9, 2021 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: AMPHITHEATER
Camp hosts great. Clean facilities. Beautiful location
Peter H
VerifiedSeptember 5, 2021 • Stayed at: 016, Loop: AMPHITHEATER
Amphitheatre Campground was the first place we camped on our honeymoon 50 years ago. So our return here the last week of August was part of our 50th celebration. The campground is outstanding for its location above Ouray, awesome surrounding scenery, and quiet. It nicely accommodates tents and trailers up to 22 feet. We got to soak in the overpowering amphitheatre mountain formation surrounding on the east side and the beautifully rugged San Juan peaks to the west. Overlooking the town of Ouray! Campground hosts are the best we have found in helpfulness, relating, and managing a campground. As far as activities there are a variety of excellent hikes right from the campgrounds! Must do's also include Box Canyon, Ouray Hot Springs, Yankee Boy Basin, and Durango Train if time. It delivers on its taglines as the "Switzerland of America" and the "Outdoor Recreation Capital of Colorado."
Jane B
VerifiedSeptember 2, 2021 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: AMPHITHEATER
Great campground but you need to make a reservation! The sites are best suited to small to medium rigs but the views are stupendous. I had a wonderful time there.
Douglas T
VerifiedAugust 30, 2021 • Stayed at: 007, Loop: AMPHITHEATER
Great campground. The camp host was the best I’ve had.
kurt s
VerifiedAugust 30, 2021 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: AMPHITHEATER
Nice campground a short drive from Main st. Ouray. Clean and for the most part quiet. Some sites are closer than others.
Hosts were great and there are trails from the site to some amazing scenery.
Bryan W
VerifiedAugust 29, 2021 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: AMPHITHEATER
Be sure to bring rain gear for afternoon thunder showers
Shannon M
VerifiedAugust 25, 2021 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: AMPHITHEATER
Great location! Camp hosts were very kind and helpful!
Yuji S
VerifiedAugust 25, 2021 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: AMPHITHEATER
Wonderful hikes "right out your back door". We've done the Perimeter trail before but it was just as good a second (and third) time. We also did the Chief Ouray and Sutton-Neosha Mine trails on separate days, which are both challenging vertical climbs that level out to spectacular (but sometimes harrowing) traverses to old mining sheds and beautiful waterfalls. They are both a short hikes from the campground. The camp host was very accommodating and helpful when we wanted to relocate campsites. Only pit toilets and no showers at Amphitheater, but we always add the Hot Springs and Pool to end of our camping trips to Ouray (a little pricey , but totally worth it).
Location Amphitheater (CO)
Address:
Ouray, CO, 81427
United States
From Ouray, travel approximately 2 miles south on Highway 550. Watch for the campground sign and turnoff road to the left.
Latitude & Longitude: 38.0225 / -107.662
Elevation: 2575 feet
Policies & Rules
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Standard Single Family sites: Recreation Use Fee allows ONE camping unit ONLY. |
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Extra Vehicles: Cannot be paid for in advance - upon arrival coordinate with the host for payment and where to park. |
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Late Arrivals: campers are not considered a "no-show" until 24 hours after arrival date check in time. Our policy is that your site will not be released before that. |
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FIRST COME FIRST SERVE sites must be booked in person. DO NOT call to determine availability, as they are only available on-site. |
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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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Click here for more information on the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests |
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Opening and closing dates are weather permitting, please call 928-537-8888 for more information. |
