Junction Creek Campground

  • $24.00 /night
  • (3.8)4 reviews

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Camping Style

Backpacker
Cabin
Other Camping
RV Camping
Tent Camping
Trailer Camping

About Campground

Overview

Junction Creek Campground is located close to Durango, Colo., near the beginning of the Colorado Trail. Visitors enjoy the area for its excellent hiking and biking opportunities in a scenic natural setting.

Recreation

The Colorado Trail, also known as the Junction Creek Trail, begins nearby and stretches almost 500 miles to Denver as it rises through subalpine forests and alpine meadows above the timberline. Mountain biking is very popular on the Colorado Trail and the Logchute Trail System, which is nearby.

Junction Creek offers fishing for rainbow and brook trout. Skilled anglers may have luck near the campground, but chances improve upstream.

Facilities

The campground offers single- and double-family campsites, many with electric hookups. A group campsite is available that can accommodate up to 50 people. An accessible large-group, day-use picnic shelter, with electricity, can accommodate up to 65 people.

Group sites are equipped with picnic tables, serving tables, campfire rings and grills and have access to a volleyball court and horseshoe pits. Single and double sites have tables and campfire rings. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided.

Natural Features

The campground is situated on a south-facing hillside, a quarter-mile above Junction Creek. A forest of ponderosa pine and gambel oak covers the campground, which sits at an elevation of 7,300 feet.

Nearby Attractions

Haviland Lake is a 35-minute drive from the campground. The 80-acre, no-wake lake offers boating, canoeing and fishing opportunities. Accessible fishing docks are located on the lakeshore.

The small town of Durango is just minutes away, offering whitewater rafting, a river trail, shops and restaurants. It is also home to the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.

Charges & Cancellations

Cancellations

Individual Campsites: Cancellations up to 2 days before a reservation start date incur a $10.00 cancellation fee.

A visitor who cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee including tax and applicable add-on for a campsite.

Cancellations for a one-night reservation will forfeit the entire amount paid and will not be subject to an additional service fee.

Group Sites

Group Facility (including Cabins and Lookouts): A visitor who cancels a group overnight facility reservation less than 14 days before the arrival date will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee.

No-Shows

A no-show visitor is one who does not arrive at a campground and does not cancel the reservation by check-out time on the day after the scheduled arrival date. Staff will hold a campsite until check-out time on the day following the arrival date.

No-shows are assessed $20.00 service fee and forfeit the first night's rate, taxes and applicable add-on for a campsite.

Refunds

Visitors may submit a refund request through their Recreation.gov profile within 7 days of the end date of their reservation. Refunds will not be issued after the 7 days has ended.

Refunds for debit or credit card payments will be issued as a credit to the original bank or credit card used to pay.

For check or cash purchases, Recreation.gov will mail a Treasury check for refunds of cash, check, or money order payments to the address associated with the reservation. Treasury check refunds may take up to 6-8 weeks to arrive.

In the event of an emergency closure, the Recreation.gov team or facility manager will refund all fees and will attempt to notify you using the contact information within the Recreation.gov visitor profile.

Directions

From Main Street in Durango, travel west on 25th Street (across from the fairgrounds entrance) for just over three miles, to the forest boundary. Continue just over a mile to the campground entrance. The day-use area loops to the left.

Access

Drive-in
Walk-in

Accommodations

Group
RV Sites
Standard
Tent Sites

Features

Big Rig Friendly
Driveway Back-In
Driveway Pull Through
Electric Hookups
Firewood
Picnic Table
Reservable
Toilets
Trash

Amenities

Group Sites

Essentials

ADA Access
Alcohol Allowed
Drinking Water
Fires Allowed
Mobile Service
Pets Allowed

Location Map

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Steve Rowe

1 year ago
1/5

We reserved a space here for one night and then couldn't make it. We canceled 24 hours ahead and they still kept the entire amount and only refunded us the tax. Very disappointed. We do our best to honor our commitments, but sometimes things come up and plans change unavoidably. A reasonable deposit being lost wouldn't be so bad but the full amount is unreasonable. We would never stay at this park in the future.

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Ben R (Brick)

1 year ago
5/5

This is a great campground! The spaces are nicely spaced and out of view from your neighbor, close to town and the Colorado trail. But mostly, the staff is incredibly helpful, friendly and take extreme pride in the cleanliness of the park. The toilets are seriously cleaner than any restaurants bathrooms. We'll be back!

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izzesplace

1 year ago
4/5

This was a great forested campground with spacious sites. They even have a few double sites. The electrical hookups were a treasure! The bathrooms were clean and freshly painted. The camp hosts were wonderful. We had Verizon cell phone coverage. The only negatives were a washboard road coming into the campground, (It really was horrible for a while.) and a bit of ATV noise. We were there during the week. It may be worse on the weekends.

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Amanda Bennett

1 year ago
5/5

Great campground.l and hosts. Very clean. Literally the best vault toilets I've ever seen. They even smelled good! Close access to town and amenities. Pay shower at the laundry mat in town.

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