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Happy Meadows Campground is situated along the South Platte River near the Eleven Mile Reservoir and Eleven Mile Canyon. Excellent fishing, tubing, and hiking await visitors.
Eleven Mile Canyon is rich in natural resources and historic significance. Originally called Granite Canyon, the towering gray walls rise 500 feet above the river.
World-class trout fishing is a major attraction on the South Platte. Visitors can also venture to Florissant Fossil Beds to view fossils and petrified redwoods. Eleven Mile Canyon and the Tarryall Valley offer scenic drives with impressive views.
Happy Meadows offers seven reservable RV campsites. Each site has a picnic table and a camp fire ring. Drinking water from a water pump and a vault toilet is available.
Campsites are a short walk to the lovely South Platte, a major tributary of the Platte River that runs through Colorado and Nebraska. As part of Pike Forest, Happy Meadows enjoys abundant and varied wildlife, seven peaks above 14,000 feet, called fourteeners, and miles of great trails.
The town of Lake George is just 3 miles away, offering a general store, fish tackle and bait shop, and cabin rentals.
At Lake George on US-24 turn north on County Road 77 (also known as the Tarryall road) Travel about 1 mile and turn east on County Road 112. The campground will be on your right about one mile in.
We drove by & the gate was locked. The date is December 19th. It looked very clean. Maybe a dozen sites. The Platte/Tarryall river is flowing with ice gently drifting in it. Nice hiking trail not to far from the campground.
Paul you rock!!! And you saved the day for us. The perfect site for me:) you got my number!
the epitome of a host
for all! See you in August!
Dona Pope
Good fishing in So Platte next to campsites. Nicely spaced sites. Small campground
Went to relax by the river for the day. Didn't camp here as it was full but had a wonderful time. The river is beautiful and relaxing. You can tube down it, fly fish, or just relax and enjoy the views and sounds of the water. Definitely a good time.
