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In Leadville, CO, at north end of town off US Rt. 24, turn west at National Recreation Area Turquoise Lake sign (at Safeway - no street sign). Go 2.8 miles to a "T" intersection and Turquoise Lake Recreation Area sign (CO RD 9). Turn right at sign onto CO RD 9 and go 0.5 miles to another Turquoise Lake Recreation Area sign. Turn left across railroad tracks, and go 0.5 miles to stop sign. Turn right at stop sign and go 0.9 miles to campground sign. Turn left at sign and go 0.1 miles to road on the right. This is the entrance to campground.
Great campsite, clean vault toilets. Near the lake which is great. Firewood for sale for $8.
Campsites are a little closer than I would like and would appreciate a little more privacy but hey you can’t have it all.
The camp ground should just be called “ABSOLUTELY NO FUN, ONLY RULES!” We booked a site with two vehicles and a small trailer. They came and told us that our two cars are not considered cars the moment we opened the roof top tents, and two types of sleeping units cannot be combined…wait what? We asked for a solution she then told us that we’d have to take the roof top tent off the truck and place it on the ground(yes a 400lb tent) ridiculous! So just make sure you avoid this place if you have a roof top tent your truck, it will magically transform into a camper van. If this sounds utterly confusing…it is! Our solution from the the attendant, was to split our family up and made us pay for the worst site they keep for just these emergencies. We made the most of these wild rules and did not let them ruin our camping trip, we got our steps in going back and forth from site to site!
Very clean (vault toilets included!) and spread out campground. Does not have lake views but has a quick foot trail to the lake...which is beautiful!
Not my favorite campground ever, but still fairly nice. Bathrooms were kept quite clean, and there's nice fire pits and big picnic tables at every site. There's also a trail to walk down to the lake.
