Glacier Basin Campground — Rocky Mountain National Park

Like most of the national parks where we’ve been able to snag a campground, this one was fabulous. You have beautiful views of longs peak, and multiple other lower peaks as well as nearby glaciers. It’s on Bear Lake Rd., which is a covered place to have a reservation to drive. It’s right across the street from the shuttle if you wanna take that all the way up to Bear Lake to do some nice hiking. It’s a little less than a mile away to Sprague Lake and there is a connecting trail as well. The Rangers and camp hosts were friendly and informative. There are many sites that are open where a Starlink would work well and there are several other sites where there are many trees. There’s also a beautiful group camp area if that is your need.

Honestly I would rate this a 4 because we made a reservation and got there but it was taken.

However, the camp host was so awesome and made sure we had a place.

Absolutely stunning and can hike to bear lake from there. Very busy but still feels spacious. Saw a lot of wild life :)

We stayed here for a night in August. Very nice and well-maintained campground. The views of the surrounding peaks were great from our site!

We stayed three (3) nights at Glacier Basin during our week long visit to RMNP. We had a beautiful view from A-24 and was convenient to the restroom. Short walk to wood/ice house (on sale from 5-8pm). Much larger than Aspenglen and sites are pretty close together, but we enjoyed our neighbors! While large, close sites, and full the CG was overall quiet. ATT cell service was pretty good, Verizon okay. CG was clean and well maintained. One negative is that 4-6 sites had to share a bear box (Aspenglen has a bear box for each site. CG is on Bear Lake Road so no timed entry required (YAY!) and right across the street from the bus shuttle.

Great trip. Beautiful campground. Beautiful scenery

We loved this campground for the stunning views, super clean bathrooms, and the easy access to hiking in RMNP. So many trails to choose from, either directly from the campground, or across the Bear Lake Road to the Park N Ride. Can't say enough about the views, especially if your site is in the open center area like ours was at C119.  There are lots of sites with shade as well. Sites are pretty close together but since we did not take our pups (they can't go on the park trails) we didn't mind. 

Very difficult to snag a reservation but daily persistence paid off and we got one night which was the last night of their season. So glad we did. Will try again for next year!

Beautiful views and a great spot of Bear Lake Rd.

Great campground with beautiful views of the mountains! We loved the access to bear lake road. Bathrooms were clean. Site was large. Ice and firewood for sale. We loved our stay here!

Nicest bathrooms anywhere I have stayed for camping. Views are awesome, and super close to shuttle to go up to trail heads at Bear Lake. If you’re going to hike and there is snow, please wear traction like micro spikes.

Super convenient location on Bear Lake Rd. Love that there is a trail that connects the campground to Sprague Lake! Amazing views from the C-loop!

Awesome spot, great views and not too far from Estes which is nice. Plenty to explore around the campsite as well.

First of all, it’s completely wrong when the Dyrt says this campground is closed through Aug 2023. Maybe they have it confused with Moraine Park, which is definitely closed this season. 

Anyway, this campground is in a perfect location in Rocky Mountain National Park. The mountains in the distance were beautiful. Due to the weather we didn’t get to see the alpenglow, but it was still gorgeous. 

The campground is right across from the park and ride so you can grab the shuttle very easily. With a campground reservation you do not need a timed entry into Bear Lake Road. 

The sites were nice and spacious and while we didn’t use the tent pad, it seemed large. The rangers were friendly and helpful and the other campers were great. 

Got decent T-Mobile 5G service.  Not at all necessary, obviously, but it was nice to have to check the radar when we had storms roll through.

We would definitely stay here again.

This campground is hard to book given how popular it is. The day that reservations are available most of them are usually booked up by the end of the day. If you can get a reservation you'll be rewarded though. Beautiful views of Hallett peak and Flattop Mountain. Surrounded by ponderosas and the sound of running water. Some of the tourists are dumb and don't abide by the campground rules but you'll get that anywhere in Rocky Mountain

We were on loop D, where like in lopp C and the Group Loop trees had been removed due to a pine beetle epidemic. This provided beautiful views of the mountains but no shade. Site are specious but because of the lack of trees did not provice much privacy. There were no hookups and no cell service(Verizon/XFinity) Bathrooms were clean with flush toilets, sinks, and outdoor sink. They also have well organized installations where you can use your own portable shower. This is a great base camp for exploring the park and even do hikes from the campground.

This is a great base camp for exploring the park. With your reservation, you don’t need a timed entry ticket into the park or Bear Lake Road. It’s close to Bear Lake parking area which allowed us to beat the crowds (we did get to the trailhead by 5:30 still.) Sites are pretty spacious although there is next to no privacy from neighbors. Our site had some trees for shade/hammocks and a nice large tent pad. Bathrooms were clean with flush toilets, sinks, and outdoor sink but no showers. Our only small complaint was sharing Bear boxes between sites - I’m not sure how many are supposed to share but we had someone a few sites over come and stick something in the one basically in our site so we didn’t really have room. Oh well, there’s always the car.

We had a campsite under the trees and it made for some nice shade. Park staff is great!

This is a very good campground on the east side of the Rockies! No showers, but there’s decent bathrooms and beautiful views.

This campground has a nice view of the mountains and good bathrooms (but no showers). Having a reservation lets you avoid the whole timed entry thing for Rocky Mountain, so that’s really nice.

Campsite is a bit exposed as they have cut down all the trees around the campgrounds, it can get very windy. You are required to share your bear box with several other campers. The tree stumps do make for quite the tripping hazard, especially for those late night toilet runs. Watch for stubbed toes! Restrooms and trash bins are close. Be sure to check in with the Ranger or you will get charged as a ‘no show’. Campsite is very conveniently located along the eastern part of the park.

First experience with a national park campground. We were there at a time they were implementing reduced capacity, but that had nothing to do with social distancing. We had two tents and it was a chore to make sure they fit into the assigned area. It had lots of bathrooms and never had to wait to use it. Our first night, we unfortunately were two campsites away from a loud and boisterous camper. Since I had young kids, after they left we probably became the loudest campers in the area. One early morning I saw some Elk moving through the campground at sunrise, and one night there was an Elk just lounging in the nearby open field. Plenty of bear boxes for food was also provided.

There is a private company that comes 5:30-8pm to sell firewood and ice. The old lady we had was crotchety if you tried to pay in anything other than small bills.

While we saw/heard other people talking on their phones we did not have Wi-Fi or cell service (T-Mobile)

Beautiful views of the mountains but not much privacy. It’s all open so you can hear everyone and their annoying kids. Wouldn’t recommend for tent campers. Showers in town but no pop up showers allowed.

Loved being in the park and having easy access to all the park has to offer. Especially with the new timed entry requirements. However, Loop C in which we stayed was very tight between sites and the old growth pines have been removed and replaced with younger/shorter trees. Still enjoyed some elk wandering through the campground.

Best views in the park. Make sure to watch sunset over the mountains. Camp hosts were extremely helpful when our car battery died during a snowstorm! Very close to other hikes in the park.

Overall a great campground to stay at. The spaces are large, but quite close to one another with few trees for privacy. Each site here is variable, with some open with no trees and others nestled in some mature trees. Flush toilets and running water in the bathrooms. I’d avoid a site right next to the bathroom as the lights and hand dryers are running at night which are bright and loud, respectively. Dishwashing sink and drinking water sink available throughout campsites. Make sure you have a strong tent as some days may have 35+ mph winds rolling thru the campground (several tents collapsed/broke on a windy day here). About a 10 minute walk to the shuttle that takes you to Bear Lake and Glacier Gorge trailheads. Direct walking access to a couple easy lake trails, including Sprague Lake that is good for seeing wildlife at dusk. Firewood and ice sold most nights at the campground.

Great campground!  There are trailheads on both sides and behind all the loops to connect to the RMNP trail system.  What makes this CG most convenient is the RMNP Shuttle lot is a short walk across the road from the campground so you can hike where you want and shuttle back or vice-versa.  Half of the loops suffered beetle kill so they are treeless but offer great views.  Some of the sites are close together, but all in a ll its a great National park campground with daily Firewood, ice, ice cream and candy sales and weekly educational programs in the amphitheater.  The community restrooms are also flush toilets instead of vault and they have dish cleaning facilities for the tent campers.

Great campground! Wonderful view of the surrounding mountains, quiet, clean, staff was friendly. They had wood and ice for sale. Conveniently located across the road from Rocky Mountain National Park shuttle that takes you to the major trailheads as well as Estes Park.