Established Camping
East Ridge Campground - Royal Gorge
About
Municipal
From this little-known campsite area in the Royal Gorge Park, you’ll be treated to views of Cañon City and the surrounding parks area. New, updated sites are operated by the City of Cañon City. Vault toilets, fire rings, some picnic tables, no water. Approximately 12 sites located 20 minutes west of Cañon City. Open year-round.
Location
East Ridge Campground - Royal Gorge is located in Colorado
Coordinates
38.46521230191771 N
105.2921243396443 W
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
- Walk-InPark in a lot, walk to your site.
Stay Connected
- WiFiGood
- VerizonGood
- AT&TGood
- T-MobileFair
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- RV Sites
- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Group
Features
For Campers
- ADA Access
- Trash
- Picnic Table
- Phone Service
- Toilets
- Alcohol
- Pets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Big Rig Friendly
Nice campground
Tucked away and very nice campground close to the Royal Gorge and Canon City if you need to get camping supplies. Get water and ice at the filling station by the Goodwill store for a great price.
Quiet, clean, beautiful
There are toilets but no showers. There are mule deer wandering through at dusk. The sounds of crickets and gentle breezes will help you sleep soundly. There are other campers but it is lovely, clean and beautiful.
Pricey but beautiful
This campground used to be free when I first found it years ago while visiting the Royal Gorge. Since the city has invested money into fixing up the campsites with fire rings, tent pads, and what seems to be pretty good county road maintenance, it’s definitely understandable why they charge a fee.
No water is available. There are vault toilets.
There are NO bear boxes.
Rules worth nothing (according to the sign upon entering camp):
- no alcohol (that didn’t seem to stop anyone from enjoying themselves at their site)
- You can only stay for 72 hours per visit unless otherwise noted.
There’s lots of hiking and mountain bike trails near the campground, which brought lots of mellow mtb riders in during my stay.
Because of the rules/amenities, i felt the price was a little steep as others have mentioned. However it is clean, close enough to Cañon city that you can go to town if needed, but far enough away to “unplug” from the world in a beautiful location. Overall I’d recommend visiting this campsite! I’ll happily return.
A gooden
Cañon city view and rock climbing minutes away.
Great time
Had a great weekend camping trip. Facilities were well maintained, and the camp host was great, stopping in to let us know about the weather for the night. One thing to note is you can make reservations here through campspot.com
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Super cool spot near the park
Cool place the reservation super weird on a website I’ve never used having to track down the host to pay and make sure the spot I wanted was open 
Little sweet spot.
Lovely view. Little windy and smoky this season. Several levels spots. Bird song. Big pinions. You can bike up here.
Last minute
Great last minute camping spot!
Love it here!!
We were looking for a great primitive campsite and found it here. Planned on just staying overnight but a change of plans allowed us to stay throughout the next day and I found some great trails with some amazing views.
Wonderful view and wildlife
Was the only camper here for 2 days. Lots of mule deer. Very clean sites with views to the east. Sunken fire pits with grills. About 10 spots for RVs and 20 for tents. Great for rockhounding! Lots of orange granite and feldspar, opaque quartz. The Royal Gorge is beautifully metamorphic. My kids rode the train. Watch your dogs for cactus thorns.
Great Spot!
Great views, only minutes from the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park and about 15-20 minutes from shopping/food in Canon City. We camped in November so it was very quiet and even during the weekend we had two spots beside us that stayed empty. Would definitely come back!
Nice stop over
Looking for somewhere to camp later in the evening on a Sunday. This city campsite looks pretty new. They have level pads engineered for tents and a metal picnic table. There is also a firepit with a grill.
Beautiful views and plenty of (short-ish) trees. A hiking trail starts in the campground which has a parking lot for day-use hikers.
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