Best Campgrounds near Firestone, CO

We stayed three (3) nights at Glacier Basin during our week long visit to RMNP. We had a beautiful view from A-24 and was convenient to the restroom. Short walk to wood/ice house (on sale from 5-8pm). Much larger than Aspenglen and sites are pretty close together, but we enjoyed our neighbors! While large, close sites, and full the CG was overall quiet. ATT cell service was pretty good, Verizon okay. CG was clean and well maintained. One negative is that 4-6 sites had to share a bear box (Aspenglen has a bear box for each site. CG is on Bear Lake Road so no timed entry required (YAY!) and right across the street from the bus shuttle.

We stayed four(4) nights at Aspenglen during our week long visit to RMNP. We had a beautiful view from B-07- and was convenient to the restroom as well as wood/ice house(on sale from 5-730pm). Due to the size, there aren't any big RVS. Lots of tent campers and small RVs like our teardrop- so quiet. Cell service is non-existent, but you can go a mile to the park entrance for service. CG was clean and well maintained. Each site has a bear box. CG is right outside of Estes Park and convenient to Trail Ridge Road. Also close to Sheep Lake where there are big horn sheep, elk, and moose. We liked it better than Glacier Basin CG, but of course Glacier Basin is on Bear Lake Road so you don't need a timed entry (trade-off).

Tent campers. We've been here 2 years in a row, both times in June. I gave four stars because to get 5 from me it has to be truly spectacular. Location is good, sites are relatively small but ample. Tent pads are a standard size for NPs I guess, but my son and I have 2 one man tents that just barely fit on it. No BD. Restrooms have running water, so that's a plus. Bear security is a must here. Overall, campground is stocked and generally tidy, staff helpful, knowledgeable and friendly. It's not the parks fault, and I don't count it as part of the review but both visits we have had rain every day around 5-8 PM, temps in mid 40s at night, mornings are stunningly perfect usually (8 nights total experience).

Hard to find, no signs. You will get back up in there and will come to a Fork one road appears to go downward to the left, the other goes up. Stay to the left. Road is just about the limmit for 2wd. In a couple spots, but can be done in a car but could risk damage. Suv or van is passable. There are some drive up sites and some park and walk down in sites. The larger sites are the first few then the sites get narrow and crammed up between the road and the creek. Alot of shade, not alot of bugs. Zero cell service not much of a view. Creek is loud and drowns out noise

Road is passable by standard cars. No cell service. Layout can be crowded with little space between but was pretty empty through the week. You are pinned up against private property around the lake, the camp sites are in the dirt area when you get to the lake down to the left. If you keep going out the road it turns to private property. The sites themselves have obstructed view because of the little levy wall for the lake, but if you walk over to the lake the view is amazing. There is a super easy family-friendly mini hike with great view and a little cell access. If you are facing the lake, to your right just behind you there are some rocks. Walk twoard them and then maybe 30 yards away from the lake you can walk right up. Just follow your way up that hill to a rocky outlook. 15 minutes if you have a small child 5 minutes if you are young and able to the top.