Carbondale-Crystal River KOA

Small KOA: very clean, lovely staff. 

As a drop-in with no reservation, we were lucky to get a spot with awesome concrete pad and patio furniture right beside the river. Stayed an extra night because we liked it.  We couldn't hear the road at all because of the high rushing spring river: perfect for sleep!

We enjoyed the paved bike bath all the way into Carbondale.  

Carbondale is a nice town with some good restaurants.

We also enjoyed playing pickleball in Carbondale with the friendly local club.  They have 8 outdoor courts with gorgeous (distracting for my game) views of the mountains.

We needed some camping that accepts last minute reservations in the area so we landed here. The area is well organised, spacious, and clean (there's showers and restrooms). We stayed with our little tent at TM spot and had enough of privacy. Nice views when you stay near the river. Minus point for being so close to the quite busy street.

  This is a small KOA. The closet one to Aspen, which was our purpose in traveling to the area. 

  This campground has an old fashioned feel. They have cabins that look very retro, Actually only 20 RV sites, some of them on the Crystal River. A large group of tent sites & a teepee. I managed to get the last RV site for the dates I needed, so I was happy. 

  The river sites are the ones to try for. Saying that, sites 19 & 20 have a view of Mount Sopris. Sites 11-14 are long pull throughs & they didn't have much shade. It looked like sites 21-24 were used by employees.

   The bathrooms & showers were clean. This KOA is next to Hwy 133, which can get loud. It does quiet down at night. 

  There's a laundry & a pool. There's no jumping pillow or dumb bikes. This is an old fashioned campground in that regard & I loved it! We camped at Carbondale/ Crystal River KOA Holiday in a Travel Trailer.