Iron Creek Campground — Crawford State Park

We love this campground for many reasons. Great loops for biking with kids, very clean campsites and nice bathrooms, great trails for biking or walking between the camp loops, nice reservoir for water activities, level and easy to access sites, and great rangers that stop and chat with our little kids! The only problem we have ran into here is the sun. We used a sun shade with a tarp on one side that we would keep rotating during the day to create shade. The sun is unbearable here for a whole weekend without some shade! The sites that face the reservoir have a great view, but you get evening sun which is hot and makes dinner time hard.

We had site 12. We were a bit early for check in the host was very nice! We had time to kill and the host said he would come get us once the site was ready. We used the dump station. After he came and got us for check in. $9 pay station is self serve. Bring some cash for daily permit. The host took such care of this campground. Every time we saw someone leave they would clean out the fire pits and rack the gravel. 100 would come back if we find ourselves back in CO

Nice area to camp and visit local sites. Black Canyon of the Gunnison is close. Many vineyards close by. Joe Cocker (rock singer) had a ranch nearby.