Halfmoon Creek South

This entire area all the way to the trail head is awful. It is so crowded and worn out. The cars are lined up along the road for miles. People rushing up and down without regard for anyone else's safety. All I see is no water except in the creek for anyone to use or put out campfires. Which are all over the place. People pulling in and making camp rings I places they are not supposed to. To many in each camp. This area needs to be shut down and reworked. Don't go here.

Super busy area driving in follo a ing google maps directions but if you follow the road all the way back there is a high clearance vehicle road with some pretty amazing spots!

This dispersed area has plenty of options, but it does fill up quickly on weekends.  There is constant traffic 24x7 to the multiple trailheads and campgrounds farther up the road.   Select a spot away from the road or you will be subjected to traffic all night long.  We will not stay in this area of Halfmoon again... perhaps farther up the road past the 14er trailheads.

This dispersed campground is a great place to camp if you are in the Leadville area. It has plenty of sites and we didn’t have trouble finding one, even though we didn’t get to the area until Saturday afternoon of Labor Day Weekend.

The only downside is it was noisier that we expected. There are cars on the road pretty much 24/7 (lots of people coming through in the early morning hours to hike Mt. Massive). The sites are also somewhat close together so we could hear our neighbors at times. But the positives outweighed the downside in my opinion. I also imagine it would be less busy on a non-holiday weekend.