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ABOUT: Located in the heart of the Flat Tops just outside Yampa on Forest Service Road 900. This area has 10 dispersed camping sites and a boat launch. There is a parking area where one can park and walk down to fish off the shore, or a boat ramp located on the far end of the reservoir that provides access to the Yamcolo Reservoir for free day use fishing. BOAT REGULATIONS : Electric trolling motors and internal combustion engines _ are allowed. (This is the only reservoir combustion engines are allowed)_ HIKING NEARBY: There are 3 Trailheads located off Forest Service Road 900. Mandall Lakes Trailhead, Smith Lake Trailhead, and Stillwater Trailhead, all within a short driving distance. FIRE RESTRICTIONS: Please check with the Yampa Ranger Station to find out if there are any current fire restrictions. DIRECTIONS: From Downtown Yampa, Take Cty Rd 7 just behind the local General Store, (Montgomery’s) for 7 miles, it will then turn into gravel and this is when the road becomes Forest Service Road 900, stay on FS RD 900 for approximately 4 more miles until you see Yamcolo on the left side. It is the first of the three reservoirs lcoated on Forest Service Rd 900.
Directions from Yampa: Travel S/SW on Routt County Rd #7 approximately 7 miles to FDR 900. Travel another 6 miles on FDR 900.
Always a great place to go year after year. The hosts are always amazing.
Love this campground. Have been here several times with different combinations of full family, just my wife, son and me. Gorgeous setting, quiet, enough off the beaten path that it tends to get folks who will appreciate the setting and the serenity. Nothing beats watching the sun set, or a storm brew over the flattops, or napping in the tent as thunder rumbles in the distance, except maybe the fresh-caught trout in the skillet.
Great campground. Quiet, clean, partially shaded. The hosts are friendly, the campers are chill, and the nigh sky is next level. Highly recommend! … to never tell anyone about this place., so it stays as our little secret.
