Established Camping
Upper and Lower Ansel Watrous Campgrounds
About
National Forest
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland
Overview
There is an Upper and Lower campground, both available through the reservation link on this page - very close together.
Facilities
The campground offers accessible single-family sites, each equipped with a 12-by-15 tent pad, a picnic table and a campfire ring with grill. …
Location
Upper and Lower Ansel Watrous Campgrounds is located in Colorado
Directions
From Fort Collins, take Highway 14 northwest for 13 miles.
Coordinates
40.69009419 N
105.34801736 W
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
- Walk-InPark in a lot, walk to your site.
Stay Connected
- WiFiAvailable
- VerizonUnknown
- AT&TUnknown
- T-MobileUnknown
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- RV Sites
- Standard (Tent/RV)
Features
For Campers
- ADA Access
- Trash
- Picnic Table
- Firewood Available
- Reservable
- Drinking Water
- Toilets
- Alcohol
- Pets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Pull-Through Sites
- Big Rig Friendly

Beautiful river puts you to sleep
We stayed for three nights and loved every bit of it except there is some road noise. The river drowned it out most of the time and no one bothered us with drive bys. Toilets clean. Host friendly. Firewood was sold and nice and dry. Level site. Bear box. Fire ring. LOTS to do in that canyon would…
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Beautiful, Clean, Remote, Quiet!
Utterly amazing experience here!! Despite being right off of a road, I was surprised that of the 4 nights we spent out here maybe only one or two cars drove by after dark. There's a biker bar not too far away that we took a walk to, folks were kind there. During the day, you'll see people ride down…
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Great spot
It was a great spot! Really kind camp operator helped me and my people get what we had to get and it was a great time with amazing views.
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Location
Upper and Lower Ansel Watrous Campgrounds is located in Colorado
Directions
From Fort Collins, take Highway 14 northwest for 13 miles.
Coordinates
40.69009419 N
105.34801736 W