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With the Arkansas River as our southern border and the mountains to our north, we are perfectly placed just outside of Salida, Colorado. By day you will raft the river, hike the mountains, or soar along the zip-lines, and by night our new restaurant and bar will make you feel like a local. Rocky Top River Ranch is the perfect place to call your Colorado home base.
I-25 to US Hwy 50. Go west 80 miles. From 285, take Us Hwy 50 east through Salida 20 miles. Resort on river side of the Arkansas.
Love this place. Rhitt is such a great host, and has been for many years. Bathrooms and showers are clean, plenty of space for the kiddos, RV spots are spacious too. It's nice all the power posts have 30/50 Amp feeds. Also, so many campgrounds have Karen's running around being the fun police. None of that nonsense here. I have 4 boys and they're not always silent haha. If you're not sure if you should stay here, do it!
We have NOT stayed at the Rocky Top River Ranch but had a VERY DISAPPOINTING experience with the management...
On our way back home after a couple days of a road trip one of our kids complained at severe stomach pain and asked to stop at a restroom. We stopped at the very first RV park as the problem seemed to be serious. It was around 7:40 pm (7/7/21), their lobby was closed and there was nobody around. As the kid went to the restroom a woman (about 50+ y.o., blonde short haircut) approached our car and asked us what was going on. We told her that we had an emergency to use the restroom for what she replied - "Five Bucks!". We were shocked for a second, then asked her "For what? Restroom usage?" And her answer was "Are you guests here? No? Then five bucks! You know, I'm doing my job here... It's a private property and you haven't even asked a permission to use the restroom!"
Well, who did I have to ask permission at a night time when everything was closed and nobody was around?!
I tried to look for some cash in my wallet but I had none and my wife's wallet was somewhere deep in the trunk. I told her that I had no cash on me and she turned around and yelled "Rick?!" trying to threaten us. No Rick came to us but I asked her if she would take a credit card and she said that it would be $10 if we did so.
After a few minutes of moving bags and coolers I found the second wallet and gave her $5. She took the money and walked away saying NOTHING. Neither thank you nor goodbye...
Extremely rude!
Do yourself a favor: STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!
So lucky we found this gem. Nice accommodations and the owner made sure we were taken care of. Felt like we were family while we were there. Perfect spot for your Colorado adventure. Even got invited to an old fashioned cookout(best blackened chicken ever Ricky!). Can’t wait to come back.
Great location and very accommodating owners. Loved the sound of the river and seeing horses across the way. We will come back again.
Staying in a cabin and the toilet is backing up into the shower, been like this for 3 days now and they haven’t gotten a plumber in here to fix it. I paid $1500 for the month for the little shack cabin and they can’t even get a plumber to come fix the toilet.
