Cold Springs - Arapaho Roosevelt Nf (CO)

Nice little campground, especially if you want to hike at Golden Gate Canyon but not stay there. A lot of highway noise at night.

Nice campground overall with nice staff. Map is completely inaccurate. Spot 21 is wedged between 20 & 22 so you are basically camping with strangers. You park close to your allotted plot, but as car campers you have no privacy/ not directly next to your vehicle. Upper 30s spots overlook a highway. Campsites mostly wooded but short walks to beautiful views. Pet friendly. Very clean vault toilet bathrooms. Facility advertises water provided, but we did not see where we could access any water. Firewood available for sale.

Nice campground with many choices & great hiking nearby! Along the Peak to Peak Highway (119). There are 2 drawbacks - very close to the highway, and not on any water - creek, etc. Other than that it's a very nice Nat'l Forest Campground. Great for a stayover a few nights! Approx. 20 miles North of I-70.

No hookups but spacious level sites! Clean bathrooms and water spouts throughout the campground. Lovely views from the lookout right within the campground... really rewarding to stumble upon. Wish I could have stayed longer but was there for the very last week before season close. I didn’t make a reservation so I paid cash in the ranger box. No working ATMs in the area so be sure to bring some if you’re paying that way. Oh, also! A moose came right up to my campsite on my last night!! Luckily I was in the van so I could observe it safely. Soooo cool! Super nice camp hosts. Cool drive up to campground.

Great campground, close to Denver and Golden Gate Canyon. It is right next to a fairly busy highway, so it can get loud with traffic and motorcycles. But, the campsites were clean and nice in the bathrooms were spotless. There's even a small overlook trail in the campground. No hookups for RVs or trailers. But that is fine with us! Camp hosts were super nice.

This campground is a great central location to Golden Gate Canyon State Park and Black Hawk/Central City area. The sites are super secluded and you really feel like you are in the forest.  The only downside is the highway noise.  Try to pick a site as far away from the highway as possible.

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes...even you.” -Anne Lamott.

We hadn’t planned on camping this weekend but discovered a last minute cancellation for one night over Labor Day weekend . Lucky us! It’s an hour from Denver and you avoid I-70 traffic so it proved to be an awesome 1 night escape.
Loved the shady sites and mountain views. In a month, this place will be ablaze with aspens changing color. Camp host was friendly with stacks of firewood for sale.

The only drawbacks were the playground onsite, which attracted families with very loud shrieking kiddos and road noise from 119. So next time we need a quick reset from the week, we will look here first, will pick a site away from the road and playground.

We had a blast and thanks to this site we plan on doing much more camping. Good tent sites, clean bathrooms, fire pits, and fun trails.