Spruces - Big Cottonwood

it was great

wonderful campground close to urban area.

This campground is wonderful, we really enjoyed the scenery. The campground was clean and very well taken care of. The hosts were great and very friendly. We liked it so well that we re-scheduled another trip.

The table was so deformed and broken we could hardly use it. The site was so tiny and it was hard to find a place for our tent. It was rated for 8 people, but could barely fit our one tent.

beautiful area

Site 49 is a wonderful site and perfect for tents: secluded, plenty big & flat, and surrounded by aspens and other beautiful vegetation. There are flush toilets and sinks in the bathhouses. Make sure you have your own hand soap.
PLEASE be sure to read the “Need to Knows” more carefully than I did. There is a gate that closes at 10pm. If you arrive after, you have to park your car outside the gate on the road and then walk to your site in the pitch black with all your equipment. Highly inconvenient.

This has been the best site we’ve found yet. Lovely, with a river running through the campsite, (may not be great for families with small children) the bathroom is close, but not so close that you hear people going in and out. There are flush toilets but no working sinks or water fountains, so make sure you have washing and drinking water. The water pump by the bathroom worked fine for filling containers. It is shady most of the day, with a couple hours in the morning when the picnic tables are in direct sun, but a canopy set up overhead can deflect the heat. No immediate neighbors in three directions, just across to the East.
Downsides were the roots that cut through the pavement in the picnic area, serious tripping hazard! Also a plethora of daddy long legged spiders and noisy squirrels. (If you don’t like those kinds of things.)

Site 23...nice site, a little closer to other sites than the map indicates. Really great Donut Falls trail access. Bathrooms mostly clean. There was a weird smell around the campground, which seemed to draw flies a lot more than usual, but overall an enjoyable experience.

The campground is nice over all, has water and flush toilets.

Our extended family group of 14 reserved two yurts for campers ages 2-78 (with tent space there, too). We had a fantastic time! Everyone slept well, made meals using the grill and fire pit, and played hard. One day we went to hike to the beautiful Lake Mary and another to Silver Lake, a simple mile hike on level ground at Brighton. The Yurts for us, at our age, are the only way to go, given we don't have campers or recreational vehicles. The hosts were helpful and the campsite well maintained.