Best Dog-Friendly Camping near Fort Morgan, CO

Fort Morgan is the perfect place for adventurous campers and RVers. Fort Morgan is an adventure-filled destination for those who love the outdoorsy camper lifestyle. But it's also great for those who prefer to spend time near the city, exploring and sightseeing. At The Dyrt, campers like you share their favorite spots, plus tips and photos. No matter where you're headed in Fort Morgan, you'll find the best spot for you and your camping crew.

Best Dog-Friendly Sites Near Fort Morgan, Colorado (17)

    1. Brush Memorial Park Campground

    14 Reviews
    Fort Morgan, CO
    9 miles
    Website
    +1 (970) 842-5001

    $20 / night

    "Memorial Park was pet friendly, heated restrooms and showers, picnic shelters, playground, and disc golf. There was also a fishing pond across the street."

    "Nice for a stay while traveling through Colorado. 1/2 to a few places to eat. Quiet and next to park and across the street from fishing pond. Easy to find, gravel sites and level."

    2. Jackson Lake State Park Campground

    31 Reviews
    Orchard, CO
    18 miles
    Website
    +1 (970) 645-2551

    $28 - $540 / night

    "Each camp spot in Pelican has an entrance to lake although a rocky step before water. There is a small beach at the end to put your kayaks, rafts, boards in."

    "Had a spot by the lake and enjoyed the view for sure! There was plenty of areas to walk my dogs and the area was well kept."

    3. Emerald RV Park

    2 Reviews
    Fort Morgan, CO
    5 miles
    Website
    +1 (970) 380-5679

    4. Prewitt Reservoir State Wildlife Area

    14 Reviews
    Sterling, CO
    24 miles
    Website
    +1 (970) 842-6300

    "It was very busy and took a lot of driving around to find a potential spot. But I eventually found a very good spot that was away from many of the other campers."

    "We travel in a small camper, and our dogs. Place was very quiet and mostly empty. Bugs were mostly not a problem this time of year. We did find a few ticks."

    5. Pawnee Buttes - Dispersed Camping

    22 Reviews
    Grover, CO
    41 miles
    Website
    +1 (970) 834-9270

    "an incredible place, traveling cross country so just me, 2 cats and a small tent. very windy, lots of cows. i was lucky enough to have a pop up thunderstorm with rain. loved it 10/10"

    "Stopped on my way east through NE Colorado for the night and watched the sun set over the buttes. Absolutely lovely. Can see the windmills in the distance but I don’t mind that."

    6. Crow Valley

    9 Reviews
    Grover, CO
    39 miles
    Website
    +1 (970) 834-9270

    $17 - $339 / night

    "When you think Colorado you think endless mountains, but a good chunk of CO is prairie and grasslands."

    "Shaded spots next to a wildlife walk. Tons of birds! Campsites were clean, nice big fire pit and bbq. Lots of room to spread out. Large picnic area if you have a lot of people. Clean bathrooms."

    7. North Sterling State Park Campground

    15 Reviews
    Padroni, CO
    46 miles
    Website
    +1 (970) 522-3657

    $36 / night

    "Located in northeast Colorado, it is a nice “stop-off” for the road-weary traveller. Water, showers, flush toilets and power hook-ups are provided."

    "Like all Colorado State Parks there is an entrance fee to pay at the gate. AND to camp you must make reservations online."

    8. Denver East-Strasburg KOA

    14 Reviews
    Watkins, CO
    46 miles
    Website
    +1 (303) 622-9274

    "The camp ground is close to interstate 70 and cars were driving past every second non stop and super loud. Everything then that the camp is fine"

    "It’s close to the interstate, but just fine for one night."

    9. Buffalo Hills Campground & RV Park

    8 Reviews
    Sterling, CO
    41 miles
    Website
    +1 (970) 522-2233

    $17 / night

    10. Pawnee Butte View

    4 Reviews
    Grover, CO
    40 miles

    "The surroundings are characterized by lush grasslands, and the camping spots situated atop hills provide stunning views."

    "Between the serenity, lack of bears, ease of access to water activities at the local State Park. This has been my favorite find so far!"

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Dog-Friendly Camping Reviews near Fort Morgan, CO

140 Reviews of 17 Fort Morgan Campgrounds


  • Erin S.
    Jul. 4, 2019

    Denver East-Strasburg KOA

    A typical KOA campground near the interstate 35 miles from Denver

    My family and I stayed here for one night in a 34' travel trailer as a reward from crossing Kansas. :) We knew what we were getting into - a tight family campground, so we weren't disappointed in that regard. It's actually a little hard to write this review because there's such a mix of pros and cons. I think listing them out will be the best strategy.

    Cons

    - VERY close to the interstate. Take a look at a satellite map view so you will come prepared. The road noise is ever present, and if you can tune it out you will be a much happier camper. We were able to sleep ok with it, but it was a constant in our experience.

    - Proximity to your neighbor. This is the way it is with KOAs, but it did feel strange hooking up utilities within arm's reach of your neighbors having dinner.

    - Wifi. They advertise it, but it was so slow that not once was I able to successfully load a single webpage. Verizon is also not strong here.

    - Cable. They had hook-ups but quality was too poor to watch.

    - The hot tub was closed with no indication when it will open. 

    Pros:

    -The playground was pretty awesome, large and with multiple things to climb on for kiddies.

    - They had a pool and kiddie pool. Both are small, though.

    - The game room is really nice! (see pics)

    - Pizza and ice cream on site.

    - Affordable laundry. $2.50 for wash and 50 cents for 8 minutes for the dryer.

    - Clean and tastefully decorated bathrooms and showers.

    Other:

    - Pancake and sausage breakfast on the weekends for $6.50.

    - A BBQ restaurant run by the campground.

    - 40 minutes to Denver. 

    - Dog park.

    Overall, not a bad experience, just not spectacular.

  • Jennie P.The Dyrt PRO User
    May. 15, 2025

    Denver East-Strasburg KOA

    BEWARE

    Appears to be kid and pet friendly or just a nice place to stay overall but I will tell you first hand it was not. I’ve never in my life spent so much money to be treated with so little respect in my life. My family and our dogs stayed for a week (mind you we are quiet and keep to ourselves, our kids are respectful and we always clean up after our pets) during this time we had a woman that worked here at our camper at least 50 times a day “checking in on us” first thing was she didn’t like our solar lights we put out so we could see to put our shoes on when we had to make midnight doggie deposit runs (and not have to turn on our big light and disturb our neighbors)… next big thing was it rained for 3 days straight while we were here… which didn’t phase my kids who strapped on their rain gear and went to play on their play equipment… when the rain stopped and the sun came out- the same woman came knocking to let us know my kids had gotten their play equipment muddy and she expected them to go clean it off- which was no problem I sent them with the broom and some spray bottles. Little did I know, she was going to have someone power wash it 25 min after they had spent all day scrubbing and cleaning it… but my final straw was our last night here… we had left for a few hours to go do some things and we came back and my 2 year old daughters wagon (very clearly not a utility wagon- it’s pink!) was completely full of all the pet waste from the day I’m guessing, with a note taped to it saying “dump pet waste here” needless to say I’m fuming at this point.

    As far as the facilities… We paid for 50 amp power and full hook ups for the duration of our visit- they instead put us in a 30 amp campsite (which is not a big deal we had adapters) but for the price difference I’m a little pissed looking at how we were treated. The shower houses are nice.. And the price gouging in the store is outrageous… almost 600% markup for even just a cold drink. I will try to add a positive note, as I try to do for even places such as these- they did have a very nice wash room for laundry. But having only one dryer that kinda worked (2 hours to dry a small load of laundry) kinda ended up being another strike against them as well. I’m not one to be nit picky, nor am I petty.. but how I was treated was completely outrageous. -20/10 makes me reconsider ever staying at a KOA again if this is how they are allowed to treat their campers!

    Also beware of the goat heads! They’re everywhere. I got one in my foot, my son got one in his bike tire, and we had a flat on the camper due to one. When I say they are thick, they are THICK.

  • Duff L.
    Aug. 3, 2020

    Buffalo Hills Campground & RV Park

    Place is trash

    Full of dirt and nasty bugs owners are not good. They run over cats and kill dogs seen it happen. Old man jimmy doesn’t care about anything but drinking beer and killing animals. 600$ plus to stay there a month without hookups. It’s full of sand. Don’t stay here.

  • Shannon G.The Dyrt PRO User
    Sep. 25, 2018

    Brush Memorial Park Campground

    A good place to stop over

    We needed to stop on the way to the mountains and most places were full but we found a spot in Brush. It had 12 sites with Electric and Water. Memorial Park was pet friendly, heated restrooms and showers, picnic shelters, playground, and disc golf. There was also a fishing pond across the street. We were excited to find out the first night was free and after that it was $20. It was a good place to spend the night.

  • Dillon S.
    Sep. 12, 2025

    Pawnee Buttes - Dispersed Camping

    Healing

    an incredible place, traveling cross country so just me, 2 cats and a small tent. very windy, lots of cows. i was lucky enough to have a pop up thunderstorm with rain. loved it 10/10

  • Shawn S.
    Jul. 12, 2020

    Jackson Lake State Park Campground

    If you find the right spot

    We stayed in Pelican camp grounds (#86). Easy pull-through, clean spot, large metal picnic table with large fire pit and grate. Each camp spot in Pelican has an entrance to lake although a rocky step before water. There is a small beach at the end to put your kayaks, rafts, boards in. You have to walk through that camping spot but that’s the pros/cons of that last space. You are allowed to enter water anywhere.

    Dogs are allowed anywhere as long as on leash, including beaches.

    Never went to the main beach. The marina was stocked with a variety of things but not a lot of quantity. Plenty of wood and ice. Friendly staff. Fires allowed!

    Biggest complaint- SOOOO MANY GNATS!!!! I mean more than we have ever seen anywhere. The gnats issue almost made this a 3-star review.

  • Erik C.The Dyrt PRO User
    Sep. 27, 2021

    Pawnee Buttes - Dispersed Camping

    Absolutely lovely!

    Loved this spot! Stopped on my way east through NE Colorado for the night and watched the sun set over the buttes. Absolutely lovely. Can see the windmills in the distance but I don’t mind that. Found a spot tucked in right off the road. Easy camping and a lovely spot for a night or two.

  • CThe Dyrt PRO User
    Aug. 30, 2020

    Denver East-Strasburg KOA

    A lot of background noise but a convienient location

    Probably best for an overnight stay en route to a destination. Right off of I70, so there is constant highway noise. Train heard faintly in the distance, but not bad. Under the flight paths for Denver airport, so the occasional overhead plan noise. Sites are cramped but clean. Stayed in site 81, which was a bit uneven sloping down to the front of the pull through site. Connections are a little far for some RV models, so make sure you have extensions for cords and hoses just in case. The campground advertises a lot of conveniences like pizza orders delivered to your site. Did not use any of those services during the 2 night stay. Local saloon across the frontage road from the park entrance if you are up for soaking in some of the local color. About 30 miles from Aurora and the outskirts of Denver.

    AT&T signal is OK. Verizon is better.

  • Christopher N.
    Jun. 3, 2018

    Denver East-Strasburg KOA

    alternative to Walmart parking lot

    great location, adjacent to I70, if you are needing a stop over while traveling through. not typical KOA as it only has a small pool. small in comparison to other KOA parks. But convenient to interstate if you need to stay close to why route but need rest. Nice little town next to it.


Guide to Fort Morgan

Discovering pet-friendly camping options near Fort Morgan, Colorado, opens up a world of adventure for you and your furry companions. With various campgrounds offering amenities and activities tailored for pet owners, you can enjoy the great outdoors together.

Pet owners like the variety of amenities available

  • Jackson Lake State Park features electric hookups, drinking water, and picnic tables, making it a comfortable choice for camping with pets.
  • Brush Memorial Park Campground offers clean facilities, including showers and a playground, ensuring a pleasant stay for both you and your pets.
  • Emerald RV Park provides easy access to I-76 and features full hookups, making it a convenient stop for pet owners on the go.

Dog owners appreciate the spacious outdoor areas

  • Prewitt Reservoir State Wildlife Area allows for plenty of space between campsites, perfect for letting your dog roam while enjoying the natural surroundings.
  • Crow Valley offers a peaceful environment with ample room for pets to explore, along with picnic tables and fire rings for cozy evenings.
  • Pawnee Buttes - Dispersed Camping provides a unique experience with open spaces and scenic views, ideal for adventurous pet owners looking to escape the crowds.

Pet-friendly campgrounds include great activities

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According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular dog-friendly campground near Fort Morgan, CO is Brush Memorial Park Campground with a 3.6-star rating from 14 reviews.

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