About Cow Creek South
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Reviews (106)
What Guests Are Saying
Cow Creek South is a popular campground known for its beautiful views, great lake access, and well-maintained facilities. While some visitors experienced challenges with weather, noise from generators, and issues with dogs off-leash, the overall atmosphere is peaceful and clean, making it a favorite for families. Many campers plan to return, especially during the summer months for a better experience.
What Guests Are Saying
Cow Creek South is a popular campground known for its beautiful views, great lake access, and well-maintained facilities. While some visitors experienced challenges with weather, noise from generators, and issues with dogs off-leash, the overall atmosphere is peaceful and clean, making it a favorite for families. Many campers plan to return, especially during the summer months for a better experience.
Review Summary
Stephanie J
VerifiedJuly 16, 2020 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: COW CREEK
I love this place. The campsites are awesome and the rangers(staff) are super friendly. It's super windy sometimes but great overall
Adam N
VerifiedJuly 12, 2020 • Stayed at: 034, Loop: COW CREEK
The hosts were wonderful. Beautiful location and the lake was clean and not busy. Easy location to get to.
Corey M
VerifiedJuly 12, 2020 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: COW CREEK
Mostly good, but we had neighbors who liked to party late and our 4 year old cut his foot really bad on a piece of glass. If you go in the water at all, make sure you wear shoes!! The lake is very pretty!
Jen M
VerifiedJuly 8, 2020 • Stayed at: 033, Loop: COW CREEK
This site is listed incorrectly on the campground map. It looks like its on the water, where as it is nowhere near the water. Site #33.
In fact its up on the hill by the campsite host. Be aware, as if you cancel because of poor map guidance, you still have to pay cancellation fees, for something that is Rec.gov's fault!
Tabitha S
VerifiedJune 23, 2020 • Stayed at: 036, Loop: COW CREEK
We will be going back every year! great for families, right on the water, great fishing and bosting prices are perfect!. I'm in LOVE
Andrejs F
VerifiedJune 22, 2020 • Stayed at: 027, Loop: COW CREEK
Nice camp site in close proximity to the lake.
Lisa D
VerifiedJune 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 041, Loop: COW CREEK
The views are great but it is not a great spot for tent camping. The wind was TERRIBLE. We had a worse than average wind weekend per those with more experience there but it is not unusual. Many tents got broken and it was impossible to sleep with the wind whipping the tent fly. Also lots of RVs and generators and very full campsites (RV plus tents) so it was quite noisy with parties. Not that the parties kept us up with the wind but still. Bathrooms were very clean.
Jessica G
VerifiedFebruary 13, 2020 • Stayed at: 032, Loop: COW CREEK
We love this campground! Clean, well maintained and absolutely beautiful! Can’t beat having a bathroom either!
Jessica R
VerifiedJanuary 26, 2020 • Stayed at: 022, Loop: COW CREEK
Great campsite right on the edge of a lake! Can swim or bring your own kayak/canoe, which we did and was so nice. Clean campgrounds and can hear cows off in the distance. Fantastic view of stars at night!
Sarah M
VerifiedJanuary 23, 2020 • Stayed at: 038, Loop: COW CREEK
This place is beautiful. It is always so nice to be able to camp so close to the water. Bathrooms could have definitely had more attention.We have been here multiple times and have always paid ahead online. For some reason this visit, there was a camp host who came around and said that when you pay online, it didnt include the cost for a 2nd vehicle. He said they don't accept credit cards, which the entire thing was very sketchy. He said we needed to pay again for the second vehicle, and you could only pay in cash. If that's the case, they should label that on the website. I didnt trust the fact of someone saying you need to pay more money, and only cash. Just seems sketchy and seeming like someone is taking advantage. We will be back since we go here each year as a family, but the website needs to explain the additional fees, if it even was a valid thing.
Location Cow Creek South
Address:
Dillon Ranger District 680 Blue River Parkway
Silverthorne, CO, 80498
United States
From Silverthorne, Colorado on Interstate 70 take exit 205 and go 22.4
miles north on Colorado Highway 9. The campground is near the mid-point
of Green Mountain Reservoir. The entrance is on the left just before mile
marker 124.
From Kremmling, Colorado, turn off Highway 40 onto Colorado Highway
9 South and go 15.1 miles. The campground is near the mid-point of Green
Mountain Reservoir. The entrance is on the right, just beyond mile marker
124.
Cow Creek South is accessible via Colorado Highway 9, which connects to Interstate 70 at exit 205 in Silverthorne, approximately 22.4 miles to the south.
Latitude & Longitude: 39.8794 / -106.277
Elevation: 2459 feet
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Last updated: June 5, 2026
