When you think of a state park in Colorado, this probably isn’t it — no big pines, views of the mountains off in the distance often obscured by clouds or wildfire smoke. But there are paved roads and concrete pads, and electrical at all sites and full hookups at many. Water pressure is adequate. We did lose power for about 10 hours due to a short in wiring somewhere; it only affected part of the A Loop. Rangers came around to explain and apologize and offered a transfer to another loop with power (it was pretty hot, many chose to go for the A/C). Electronic updates were about 6 hours behind actual events and were on Instagram.
We did not use the restrooms or showers, but they seemed rather a long way away from many sites.
Reserve early! The park is often full. Except maybe this summer, when the Marina never opened because of contractor issues and then the lake closed to boating due to the astonishingly low water levels. Paddleboarding is still okay.
The area around the sites looks grassy but is really very patchy. Use caution if its wet because the clay will adhere to everything; we had to pry it off the dog’s feet. There are kind of a lot of weeds, especially on the gravel pads. Every site does have a picnic table and firepit, but the firepits are off limits at this time due to fire danger.
This sounds harsh but we really had a great stay. Very convenient to Loveland, so not far from Longmont, Fort Collins and Estes Park. Heavily used by large family groups who were respectful of their neighbors but it was a lot of fun to see them having fun. Lots of people who obviously adored their dogs and vice versa.
When you think of a state park in Colorado, this probably isn’t it — no big pines, views of the mountains off in the distance often obscured by clouds or wildfire smoke. But there are paved roads and concrete pads, and electrical at all sites and full hookups at many. Water pressure is adequate. We did lose power for about 10 hours due to a short in wiring somewhere; it only affected part of the A Loop. Rangers came around to explain and apologize and offered a transfer to another loop with power (it was pretty hot, many chose to go for the A/C). Electronic updates were about 6 hours behind actual events and were on Instagram.
We did not use the restrooms or showers, but they seemed rather a long way away from many sites.
Reserve early! The park is often full. Except maybe this summer, when the Marina never opened because of contractor issues and then the lake closed to boating due to the astonishingly low water levels. Paddleboarding is still okay.
The area around the sites looks grassy but is really very patchy. Use caution if its wet because the clay will adhere to everything; we had to pry it off the dog’s feet. There are kind of a lot of weeds, especially on the gravel pads. Every site does have a picnic table and firepit, but the firepits are off limits at this time due to fire danger.
This sounds harsh but we really had a great stay. Very convenient to Loveland, so not far from Longmont, Fort Collins and Estes Park. Heavily used by large family groups who were respectful of their neighbors but it was a lot of fun to see them having fun. Lots of people who obviously adored their dogs and vice versa.