**This KOA has been closed and is reopened as Rjourney, find them on the Dyrt**

Mesa Verde National Park is less than 15 minutes away from this KOA near the four corners where Colorado, and New Mexico. Arizona and Utah meet. 

The campground has heated swimming pool, basketball, and horseshoes. Also has a 1-mile walking trail around Denny Lake, fishing, and an enclosed dog park.

The pool is open Memorial Weekend through Labor Day Weekend. 

Cortez, Mesa Verde KOA

I'm going to start off with this isn't our kind of camping but if you love amenities when you camp, this is the place to be. We arrived early in the morning (wasn't even sure we would be able to check in) but they they said we could get checked in and told us where the other members of our party were at in the park. The office staff was extremely friendly and eager to tell us all about the park. They even had Easter candy and eggs in the office and outside the door for the kiddos. They directed us to our site which was located just behind the teepees. The site was small but it had electricity and a water spicket right behind it. The site was all gravel, even the tent pad but there was a lovely patch of grass behind us that we were directed to put nothing on.

Some of the amenities: There were heated bathrooms with flush toilets, running water sinks and showers. Music played in the bathroom 24/7\. There were laundry facilities as well and on the side of the building a dish washing station. You could wash your dishes in a sink with hot water! There's a pool (it wasn't open yet) and for a short little walk, a 3 acre dog park. It was so nice for our dogs to get out and run. Beyond that was a trail that went around a lake and on the other side was a playground, much nicer then the campgrounds which seems a bit outdated. The park wasn't very clean though. There were also several geocaches with in walking distance of the campground.

Shortly after we arrived and checked out the dog park, we began prepping and smoking our spiral ham. It was Easter weekend after all, what better then Easter dinner. Shortly after we put some beans in a dutch oven and smoked those as well. Everyone sat and ate a nice Easter dinner (we all came together from three sites). Shortly after we had our first of three egg hunts in the overflow area of the campground. There weren't any campers down there so the kids had plenty of space to hunt and run. The campground in general wasn't very full, it is still early. We followed up our first egg hunt with birthday celebrations for our youngest who turned 5! Cake and gifts and family. We waited for dark and then had our second Easter egg hunt with glow stick eggs! Shortly after everyone retired and it got cold at night. It had to have been in the 30's. There was a lot of light in the campground. Everytime I peered out of my sleeping bag it felt like morning even though it was the middle of the night. That was not all that appealing to me. You could also hear the highway. The campground itself was quiet but the highway could be heard.

The next morning the kids woke up to their third egg hunt and their baskets from the Easter bunny and then another trip to the dog park. We opted to not eat breakfast here and hit up starbucks on the way home.

Overall, it's a nice park with plenty of amenities. If you don't want to be quite so rugged, this might be a great option.

Plenty of Amenities

Stayed at site 70.  Very nice, large campground.  Tent sites were very convenient to the camp store and nearby facilities.  Placement of campground very convenient to Cortez and Mesa Verde national park - only about 10 minutes away.

Great facilities & location

The Cortex/Mesa Verde KOA in Cortez, Colorado, was the best campground we stayed at (out of 10) on our #9parks12days road trip in June 2016. Not only was the site itself updated, it was the FIRST KOA we stayed at that had usable Wi-Fi - as in video streaming capabilities! When traveling with kids, this is such a HUGE amenity. 

This campground has an updated playground, heated (seasonal) swimming pool, a 1-mile walking trail, dog park, and even tepees in addition to cabins for overnight camping. Not to mention, the campground is located a mere 15 minutes from the entrance to Mesa Verde National Park. Other highlights: newer laundry facilities, of which we made use, and awesome mountain and mesa views right from your site.

Don't expect a ton of privacy - sites are very close together. The family next to ours had an outdoor living room set up that pretty much took the entire space between our RVs. However, the grounds were well-kept, and there was plenty of space to remove yourself from other people throughout the facility.

This KOA is the Best in the West

Peaceful 

Great location from Mesa Verde National Park. Cozy spots. Newer facilities. Fantastic views of the mesas and mountains! 

Stunning views

We had a cabin and RV site. After a long hot day at Mesa Verde we were pleasantly surprised to have AC and a TV in the cabin. Bathrooms were clean and campground was quiet.

Excellent 

This KOA is just east of Cortez with a view of the Mesa 9 miles east. Tent sites are pea gravel with a few with grass (lucky me). The on site caretaker is a bird lover so feeders are set up around the office &amp; his own site. I enjoyed watching the birds. 

Bathrooms &amp; showers are in the same building as the office, so it could be a walk. But thr whole KOA isn't so big that it's unreasonable.

I don't have a dog but I did notice a really nice dog area. 

A view of the Mesa 

Right at the foot of a mountain it has some beautiful views. The sites are pretty close together (stayed in site 13). Some road noise from nearby 160, but not much. Friendly and helpful staff and well kept grounds. Very good Verizon service at 37 download / 15 upload. AT&amp;T was a little weaker averaging around 8-10 download. Close by to Mesa Verde, Chimney Rock, and other attractions. Site had full hookups also well maintained. 

Good place for a couple of nights

We were so impressed with the 
staff of this KOA.  Very efficient, very clean, nice and quite.  Located about 45 minutes out of Durango it was a great stop for our travels.

One of the cleanest and well maintained KOAs

The campground was very nice. We use a tent, but the only real drawback is that the tent site was all gravel. The pool was very refreshing in the heat of the day, although we only got to use it once because it rained the rest of our stay. My daughter and I met a new lady friend and her two kids from Montana, and we all hit it off very well which made the stay that much more enjoyable! It's nice that places like this attract like minded people. So thank you KOA for having us! The trip was amazing. 

Love meeting new people.

One of our favorite KOA campgrounds! The staff were super friendly, they had a great camp store, clean bath houses, and beautiful views. Very dog friendly area! 

Super friendly staff, close to Mesa Verde

Good little place, you can sleep in tipis, good camp store. 


Good for camper vans, RTT, and rvs

I stayed in a cabin here with a million dollar view. Friendly staff. Clean facilities. Zero complaints.

The view!

The view of Mesa Verde was incredible. Very friendly staff beautiful campground￼