Best Tent Camping near City of Creede, CO

Stayed at campsite #17 in early June. Large campsite near intersection of campground roads; some traffic driving by. Campground wasn't crowded during our stay. Site was across road from vault toilets, and a few sites away from the nearest water station. Vault toilets were very clean & had tp. Elevation of campground is over 9800 feet. Snow was still on the ground in places. Overnight temperatures around 30 degrees F. Firewood was available for sale. Campground hosts were great! Kept the campground clean & safe. Campsite included metal fire ring & table. Site had great views of nearby mountains. The trailhead for Ice Lakes Trail is near campground entrance. Forest road accessing the campground was easy to drive for any vehicle. Pass a handful of walk-in dispersed tent sites on the way. South Mineral Creek & Clear Creek flow along side campground, providing fishing opportunities. Overall beautiful campground.

Stayed for 4 nights in early Oct 2024. Nice little campground with large bear boxes for food storage. I felt it's at a good location to venture off each day from.

Not too many sites, had leveled tent areas, pit toilets, deer went through the campground adding to the nice views there and a river by it.

The cons were there's no trash disposal there you need to go up the road to the other campground to get rid of it, cars were constantly going by looking for a campsite which was constant noise into the evening and they went really fast making the campground road not feel very safe to walk along, not the flattest of parking spots if using a rooftop tent or car camping without anything to level with

Enjoyed the place.

Stayed at site #20 in early June. Elevation around 8400 feet. Beautiful Spring green foliage on the aspens. Clean vault toilets with tp. One potable water station with hand pump. No water & electric hook ups.  There is also trash service in-season. The host, Mike, was very helpful. Firewood for sale at $8/bundle. The campground consists of a handful of sites in an open field, suitable for big rigs, with the remainder of the sites back in the woods which are more suitable to tent, van, car & truck campers. Each site has a metal fire ring and table. Some of the sites in the woods are on a slight slope. Beautiful views of nearby mountains & meadow. Cimarrona Creek runs along side of the campground; fishing doesn't appear to be good in it. Fishing is better south of Williams Creek Reservoir - about 5 miles away. The Cimarrona trail head is behind site #18; this trail leads up into the Weminuche Wilderness area.

Stayed one night at this popular campground while passing through Ouray. Did not have a reservation, but the campground host, Steve, found us a good, level site for our campervan & got us registered. The site, #20, was near the end of the road leading to the overlook, and across the road from the vault toilets & water station. Small site but very private. Firewood was available for $8/bundle. Short walk to the overlook which provided a great view of Ouray below. The high cliffs around the campground were spectacular. The site had a table, lantern poll, metal fire ring and tent pad. No electric & water hookups. Unfortunately, I don't recall if we had any AT&T or T-Mobile service. Some of the campsites were somewhat close together, but couldn't see them through the foliage. The only negative at site #20 was an occasional chemical smell from the vault toilets across the road. The vault toilets themselves were clean. The site itself was also clean & well maintained; e.g., the tent pad was ranked. I feel that this campground is not suitable for big rigs; posted signs along the access road provide warnings.

We tent camped here in June. The temperature was beautiful 24/7 (70 during the day and down to about 40 at night). Just bring layers and a good sleeping bag. Our campsite was number 7 (on a clearing surrounded by a creek with a few other campsites). Campsites are close in proximity, but we had awesome campers around us who we befriended. We saw moose in the afternoon into evening- they came right into the campsite to graze. You need to give them 75 feet, which is manageable at this site. At night we could hear wolves howling in the distance & we even had a bear visit our tent. We could hear the bear snarling and sniffing near where our heads were. Bear spray may be a good idea. Seemed like he was just curious and exploring. Of course all food was away from the campsite and locked in a box locked in our car. There are no bear boxes on sight. Next morning we saw fox & deer. The campground owners were friendly and informative- check in was easy. The bathrooms were VERY clean. There is a game room with old school arcade games for the kids, a decent camp store and a playground for kids. Campground is dog friendly & host to many RVs and a handful of primitive cabins. Campsite was for the most part level.