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Meadows Group Campground offers a wonderful opportunity for groups to enjoy the great outdoors. Located just 45 miles south of Denver near the town of Buffalo Creek, Colorado, the campground provides easy access to trout fishing, hiking and mountain biking.
Several trailheads for mountain biking, hiking and horseback riding are within a half mile radius of the campground. The Buffalo Creek mountain bike area and the Lost Creek Wilderness Area can be accessed from the campground via the Colorado Trail.
Buffalo Creek is a popular fishing area for brook trout.
Two group campsites are available and each one fits up to 150 campers. Accessible picnic tables and vault toilets are onsite. Firewood is available at Buffalo Campground, a half-mile east on Forest Road 550. Please bring your own water.
The campground sits at an elevation of 7,400 feet in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Temperatures are generally mild. About 67 miles south is Pikes Peak at an altitude of 14,110 feet. It is heralded as the easternmost mountain peak over 14,000 feet in the United States.
Head to Wellington Lake or hike up one of the many peaks like Little Scraggy Peak.
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.
From Denver, Colorado, take Highway 285 southwest to Pine Junction, turn south on Jefferson County 126 and travel 15 miles to Buffalo Creek. Turn right on Forest Road 550 and drive 5 miles to the Meadows Group Campground.
A amazing group campground with two sites available and lots of little non group sites near by. Both sites have vaulted toilets, bear boxes, large trash dumpsters, and fire rings some of which have picnicking tables near by. My only complaint is that bikers ride trough the camp and try to stop for water which hasn't worked for a few years.
Absolutely perfect for our group of 30! Plenty of space for multiple camp trailers, tents and RV's.... Excellent access to the trails! Note: apparently there are two campgrounds and we were in the one further south (seemed larger and lots more space for vehicles). .
The website does not disclose that you can be moved campsites midway into your trip. They said it "happens all the time" and theres no way to fix it. I feel like a simple website update would be a fair recommendation, considering we paid $115 per night.
There was so little time to even get in the water when you only have between 2pm and 12 pm to unpack and get to it. We spent hours just packing and moving sites. They moved us so close to dumpsters that biting flies attacked our ankles all night.
I understand paid for camping is going towards lots of restoration, however, this felt like a capital scam of camping with rocky, muddy beaches and poorly maintained roads.
Great place to gather with friends and family. Big enough to invite all your friends and then some. The added benefit was having such a cool camp host. Jeff took care of us; made sure we had enough firewood, cleaned the bathrooms everyday, even had treats for our four-legged campers. Jeff we hope to see you next year!
