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This is the most popular campground at Ridgway, located on the top of a mesa covered in Pinyon pine and juniper trees. Offering campsites 80-187, it is also part of the Dutch Charlie area of the park. RV campsites have electric hookups and shared water and there are 10 walk-in tent sites. The dump station is located down the hill at the entrance to the Dakota Terraces Campground.
All campgrounds offer:
Restrooms; also, during the high season, showers, laundromat (coin operated), snack machines and a change machine in a Camper Services Building
A playground
Additional restrooms
Hiking and biking trails
Take U.S. 550 south of Montrose for 22 miles to the park entrance, on the right (west) side of the road. North of Ridgway on 550 4 miles to the park entrance, on the left (west) side of the road.
Great campsite above the reservoir. The sites are clean and well maintained. The toilets and showers are some of cleanest I've encountered. They'll provide a hammock frame at no cost (if avaliable) to help save the trees on site. It has several hiking trails with a viewing deck. Would definitely go back.
Great hosts, nice quiet campground with lots of space between neighbors. The views from the overlooks were amazing!
Quick 12 hour stay after driving the million dollar highway. Bathrooms/showers were clean. Laundry service worked great. Went swimming down at the day use area as the lake/reservoir is not quite accessible from Elk Ridge.
Elk ridge campground was a perfect spot to camp after spending a few nights in the mountains. Was able to stop by and shower(for free) early in the day. I had tent site 159. Was close enough of a walk to parking lot where it wasn’t a hassle at all with bear bins at every site. They also had plenty of water spickets to fill water jugs. The views were amazing when on evening walk. Swim beach looked decent but I never went to it. I would for sure come back if wanting a campground with showers.
