Best Campgrounds near Coalmont, CO

Great campground. No off road vehicles in campground.

My family used to visit this lake a few times in the mid to late 60’s and looking at what it is now, I’m glad we enjoyed it with much less people and more rustic campsites. Loved swimming in the cold clear water and have loads of photos, my favorite is my dad standing at the lectern in the chapel pretending to preach a hellfire and damnation sermon!! Good memories…Great times.

I scored a site here at the last minute. I appreciate the generator-free loop and the very clean bathrooms. Great recreation on the lake and a quiet place to enjoy the Rawahs!

We've camped at Dowdy Lake several times and each has been enjoyable. In the summer, reservations are hard to get, but the lake, the forested sites, and clean bathrooms are worth booking ahead for. Winter camping is FCFS and is a really nice if you get a "warm" winter weekend. The power at the sites is a plus, even for tent camping. The campground has a lot of outdoors to offer, between fishing, crawdad fishing, hiking, paddling, etc. Highly recommended!

Absolutely stunning secluded spots. Some are more accessible than others, but main road is well maintained. Definitely buggy during the summer, but manageable. Most if not all sites are right next to the creek.

Road is very rutted and would be virtually impassable in any sort of heavy rain. I did sucessfully get my honda civic down the road on a prayer, but was only successful because it was very dry. Other than that, the view was pretty and camping comfortable. There was also a nearby hike down to the Colorado River and natural hot spring, so definitely worth it!

I enjoyed my stay here very much. We were near the reservoir and saw a few mule deer. Easily accessible vault toilets. No on site water. Will be back!

I stayed here twice over the last 2 years. Our first time we were near the entrance on top of the hill looking at mountains. The second time we were in the back in the trees. Each stay provided a completely different experience. I would definitely go back!

Camp (RV and tent) on east side of reservoir, few trees, open to strong winds. Fishing is okay.

About 4 sites for tents, 4 for RV, both 1/4 mile downhill hike to river. Bring waders, steep banks make fly casting tough. Cost to camp is $20/night as of August '24. Potable water a walk aways...may need 3 hands to operate. Excellent hiking opportunities.

This spot was really easy to get to and had at least one bar of service for Verizon and T Mobile. The spot was nice and secluded, but there was some trash left behind from previous campers:(

When I arrived, I found out the water had been turned off for the season and the dump station was closed, this should be noted on the website in a spot where you can’t miss it Almost all the spots are on the slope so there are steps you have to go down to your table. Spots are very close to each other, no privacy. Tables are old, wooden, and slanting in a lot of the spots. The worst part is the traffic noise, I definitely won’t return to this campground.

-Moderate to heavy foot traffic -Busy, mostly big groups staying at sites having their own fun but plan ahead for finding a site -Friendly and respectful people -Very well maintained sites, trails, signage, and other infrastructure -I’d recommend at least AWD but 2wd should absolutely be able to go on the main road and access most sites (2-4) wil require awd/4wd

Plenty of spots available. But land and trees are decimated from fire in 2020. But hey it’s a free spot to sleep

Beautiful campsite. Pretty remote. No cell services for about an hour down the road unless you use the emergency WiFi at the fire station in Rustic. Fire wood is available at big bend which is about 30-40 minutes back down the mountains. Camping in September got into the high 30’s. It says water is clean. When I filled my bottle it was pretty yellow so I still boiled before drinking. We were able to hear elk calls late into the evening. All together a great site.