Best RV Parks & Resorts near Hayden, CO

Yampa River Headquarters Campground in Hayden accommodates large motorhomes with multiple RV loops featuring electrical hookups and sewer connections. Sites include covered picnic tables with shade structures and side enclosures for weather protection. The A Loop offers 30-amp service, while other sections provide 50-amp connections for larger rigs. Eagle Soaring RV Park near Steamboat Springs maintains level gravel pull-through sites designed for big rigs, though spaces are positioned relatively close together. Trail and Hitch RV Park in Meeker provides full-hookup sites with both 50-amp service and water connections, operating year-round for winter travelers. "We stayed 3 nights in early September in A loop with 30A service. Each site had a covered picnic table where I stashed the bikes from the elements."

Between April and November, most RV parks in the region remain accessible, though higher elevation locations close during winter months. Dump stations are available at Yampa River State Park and several facilities along Highway 40, with varying seasonal closures. The pull-through sites at Eagle Soaring accommodate larger motorhomes but lack picnic tables at individual campsites. Road noise affects some properties situated near highways, particularly those closest to US-40. Many campgrounds require both reservation fees and separate park entrance fees when located within state recreation areas. Cell service varies significantly, with Verizon users reporting 2-bar LTE at Eagle Soaring that "performed very well" for hotspot usage, while coverage becomes spotty in more remote locations. Most established RV parks welcome pets but implement standard leash policies and designated pet areas.

Best RV Sites Near Hayden, Colorado (84)

    1. Eagle Soaring RV Park

    5 Reviews
    Steamboat Springs, CO
    15 miles
    Website
    +1 (970) 879-0164

    "Sites are gravel for the RV, very level, and very well maintained. All sites are pull through. Hookups are in very good condition. Each site had a narrow grassy area with trees."

    "Good pull through sites. Good showers and laundry. Nice check in staff"

    2. Trail and Hitch Tiny Home Hotel and RV Park

    6 Reviews
    Meeker, CO
    46 miles
    Website
    +1 (970) 235-1104

    "Clean restrooms with a shower. Great host.
    The also have a variety of tiny homes. Full service RV sites, ame pull through.

    Nice Mountain View’s"

    "It was super quiet and peaceful. Meeker is one of my favorite towns in Colorado. Everyone is too nice there! Stayed for two weeks and will be back again."

    3. River Camp RV Park

    3 Reviews
    Meeker, CO
    50 miles
    Website
    +1 (970) 366-2477

    $30 - $60 / night

    "Quiet place with the sound of a babbling river running along the edge of the camp. They have a few pull throughs, several large back in and a few smaller back in sites."

    "Full hookups. Only wish they had full bathroom and laundry. Otherwise excellent spot."

    4. Yampa River Headquarters Campground — Yampa River State Park

    18 Reviews
    Hayden, CO
    4 miles
    Website
    +1 (970) 276-2061

    $28 - $36 / night

    "Dump station and potable water fill available. Sites only have electric but 30 and 50 Amp. Sites have plenty of room between them. Additional $10 entrance fee for non Colorado residents."

    "Beautiful location and very well maintained. Just a lot of road noise even through the night from high speed traffic to and from Steamboat."

    5. Bear Lake Campground

    15 Reviews
    Yampa, CO
    32 miles
    Website
    +1 (970) 638-4516

    $20 - $40 / night

    "There is a creek that runs through many of them and they are all set up as expected with picnic tables and fire rings."

    "Tent sites are set back and space and trees separate sites.. 2 great lakes that are stocked (3 kids + 1/2 hr = 12 trout) within walking distance..."

    6. Dutch Hill Campground — Steamboat Lake State Park

    27 Reviews
    Clark, CO
    26 miles
    Website
    +1 (970) 879-3922

    $18 - $28 / night

    "Steamboat Lake State Park has something for everyone. There are hookup sites and no amenity sites."

    "The Dutch Hill Campground is north of the State Park Visitors Center on highway 62 in case you get there after hours as we did. We stayed at site 140 in the Wheeler loop."

    8. Chapman Reservoir

    6 Reviews
    Oak Creek, CO
    22 miles
    Website
    +1 (970) 638-4516

    "pretty private and a reservoir that’s awesome for kayaks, paddle boards, etc. there are also great trails to hike from the campsite. bring plenty of supplies, though, because the closest place to restock"

    "The restrooms are very clean & you can either camp by the river or the lake."

    9. Freeman Reservoir Campground

    6 Reviews
    Slater, CO
    21 miles
    Website
    +1 (307) 745-2300

    "Despite a mostly full campground after dark it was very quiet, no generators, no barking dogs, and no big parties."

    "Each site has a picnic table and a fire ring. Most of them are slightly treed. There is garbage pickup. The fall colors are just starting to show. Horses are allowed. There are pens for horses."

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RV Park Reviews near Hayden, CO

347 Reviews of 84 Hayden Campgrounds


  • Wyatt J.The Dyrt PRO User
    Oct. 9, 2020

    River Camp RV Park

    No fuss, big sites

    Quiet place with the sound of a babbling river running along the edge of the camp. They have a few pull throughs, several large back in and a few smaller back in sites. They also offer a large open field for dry camping. No showers, but, a few porta potties around the camp. Fire rings and picnic tables at each site. The water spigots are housed in small insulated enclosures. The sewer connections are varied distances, extensions are probably needed. Our sewer connection has a small uphill to it, but still slightly below our tank bottoms. Good space between sites, some are quite remote from others. On location camp host was swift. The WiFI was poor even with the camp half empty. I walked around and did some speed tests around the camp, best speed was 500kb. No Verizon service, decent TMobile service.

  • R
    Jun. 11, 2023

    Eagle Soaring RV Park

    Nice place to stay when visiting the area

    We stayed at Eagle Soaring campground for three nights. We were in our class C while slowly making our way across the country. We had no problems getting a spot here. Sites are gravel for the RV, very level, and very well maintained. All sites are pull through. Hookups are in very good condition. Each site had a narrow grassy area with trees. Tables and fire pits were not available at the campsite. Staff was very friendly and helpful.

    There were not a lot of amenities. There was a large meadow separating the campground from the road. Seating areas with fire pits were available by the meadow.  Showers and laundry are not available.

    Steamboat Springs is just a few miles down the road. There are many indoor and outdoor activities to do in the area.

    The campground is conveniently located a few miles off the highway. The road noise is distant and we did not notice at all in the RV.

    We had 2 bar LTE with Verizon. Our hotspot was usable and performed very well. The campground wifi was average at best.

    We enjoyed the peace and quiet of this campground.  The trees and meadow helped create a relaxing place to stay.  We will stay again when traveling this way.

  • Shannon G.The Dyrt PRO User
    Oct. 23, 2019

    Steamboat Springs KOA

    Just a minute outside of Steamboat

    Right outside of Steamboat Springs is Steamboat KOA. This campground has so many perks. Not only is there a beautiful Mountain View but it also has the Yampa river running through it. It has Rv sites, cute cabins, and tent sites. The Rv sites are separated in areas by what you need(electric, water, sewage). The RV sites each have picnic tables and a fire ring. There are regular cabins and deluxe ones which both include tables and fire rings. The tent area is located across the river and is so peaceful. There is a general store, putt putt, propane fill, a small dog run, bikes for rent, swimming in season and the city bus comes to take you to town for free. Although it is located right off the road, it was still peaceful and I felt safe. My favorite part about this campground is the fact you can stand on the bridge or sit by the Yampa River and enjoy the beauty and sounds, and watching people fly fish.

  • gothinavan A.
    Aug. 4, 2024

    Maybell Park

    Good place to park, more expensive than advertised.

    This is a pet friendly campground around a square park right on 40. They have electric and non electric sites, but the majority were electric (and cost more). This was advertised $15 - $20 but the prices online were $38.50 for an electric site for one night (granted, it was a Saturday in August). There were not pet fees. There were lots of spaces available when we visited.

    There is no office here, you pay for your rental online or on an iPad in the kiosk (if working). There is WiFi at the kiosk, but it does not reach many of the campsites well.

    Sites are close together but level. Felt safe and it was quiet at night save for occasional passing cars. No fire pits or individual picnic tables, but there is a shared covered picnic area.

    Clean bathrooms. Showers were more of a 2.5/5. Not super clean and water smelled rusty. Water from sink was fine though.

    Morning became very busy with travelers stopping to use the public restrooms, which may help you decide where to park.

  • Sarah C.
    Aug. 3, 2018

    Big Creek Lakes Campground

    Beautiful, remote gem in the Rockies

    We camped here July 25th-29th, 2018 with our 5 children (4-13) in our pop up camper. 

    First thing to know is this is a remote area of CO at 9,000+ ft. elevation. It is also an area that has been affected by wildfire (2016). It is still absolutely gorgeous!

    Worst part—> You will have to travel down a gravel/dirt road for ~30 miles to get to the lake and campground. Sections of it are TERRIBLY washboarded. Plan for over an hour to navigate through. You will be rewarded at the end! 

    There is zero cell service (we have Sprint and Verizon), no electric/water/sewer hook ups or bathhouses. There are pit toilets throughout the campground that appeared to be very well maintained and cleaned often. There are also numerous water spigots throughout with potable water. 

    The sites are all HUGE, almost all are pull through and many offer beautiful lake views with trails directly from your campsite to the water. We were in site 14. It did not have a water view, but was still amazing. All sites are gravel and appear to be fairly level. Most have pine trees, boulders and other natural landscaping that adds to the beauty of the campground. Very nice metal fire pits and sturdy, large picnic tables (though many are slightly bowed) were present at each site we saw. Bear proof dumpsters were easily accessible. 

    We had hundreds of chipmunks visit us each day to clean up the kids’ crumbs. We also saw antelope and deer on the drive in and several moose, elk and a coyote off the highway heading to RMNP. 

    There are two trailheads in the campground, lots of areas to fish, a boat dock and horse corral. 

    This was our very first run at dry camping. We were 10 hours from home with 5 kids! We may be crazy, but lots of memories were made and we are calling this trip a big success! 

    This campground was only $10/night and a true hidden gem in the Rockies. (Those roads though...ugh!)

  • CThe Dyrt PRO User
    Mar. 29, 2023

    Steamboat Springs KOA

    Great for Winter Camping

    Women’s restrooms were great and hook ups were awesome. Camped here in our pop up truck camper for a ski weekend and it was great - the free city bus stops by the campground so was super easy to ride to the ski resort and downtown for dinner!

  • Anna P.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jul. 11, 2025

    Pleasant Valley Roadside Camp on Hwy 40

    Covenient but not ideal

    Rt 40 pull off - one of many - this is the first one you hit if you're driving south out of Steamboat. Road is in good condition and there's a flat enough shoulder to park on but no space off the road. A few long term trailers parked here and trash around fire pits. Nice view of the valley and sunset, but its main merit is convenience.

  • Ray & Terri F.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jun. 27, 2021

    Hinman Park

    A run down and neglected CG

    We are full-timers and have a 36 ft Class A with a Cherokee Trailhawk tow and stayed in site 1 for 2 days in late June. We had dropped our Cherokee just past the start of FR-440 and went to scout the area. I’ll get to the Hinman review in a minute. There is some dispersed camping further down Seedhouse Rd (County-64/FR-400) on FR-4002C that is right on the river, but that spur is extremely rough (large rocks, potholes and ruts), so we elected not to try it in our RV, though we did venture down it a little ways in our Cherokee. There were several tents and one pickup camper down there not very far from the start of the road, but no one past that that we could see. Then we scouted Hinman, which was well less than ideal, but we needed a place to stay. Unfortunately, there isn’t a lot nice to say about this CG. We would have stayed longer, but at$10/night, it wasn’t worth it. The picnic tables were in disrepair and most of the sites were extremely short and so sloped as to not be useable by any camper/RV, though a car and a tent might be able to use them, but there weren’t really many places to pitch a tent either. There were only 3 of 13 sites that would accommodate us, two pull-throughs and one back-in(site 13) and only the latter was mostly level. We did manage to get mostly level in site 1, which was quite large, but the front wheels were off of the ground a fair bit. This is a tiny CG(the loop is about 1/4 mile), which would be ok, but it is completely surrounded by private land, so you can’t even get down to the Middle Fork Elk River here, which is what we were hoping to be able to do, and there are signs indicating river access is private and permission is needed. Also, the hand water pump handle had been removed and so is out of service. There were quite a few dear in the CG and an elk or two as well, which was nice. There is no AT&T nor T-Mobile signal this far up Seedhouse at all, even with our weboost. There are only a few tall trees at any of the sites, so we were able to get DISH coverage on all three western satellites at our site. There were no OTA channels to be had with our fixed omni antenna.


Guide to Hayden

Camping options near Hayden, Colorado include both full-service RV campgrounds and more primitive sites in surrounding forest areas. Hayden sits at an elevation of 6,434 feet, providing moderate summer temperatures that typically range from 45°F to 85°F. Fall camping season generally extends through mid-October, when aspens display yellow foliage and nighttime temperatures begin dropping below freezing.

What to do

Fishing access: Try the Yampa River for trout fishing opportunities. Freeman Reservoir Campground maintains non-motorized boat restrictions, creating favorable conditions for anglers. "We even got pictures of a couple beavers. The campground itself is decent and I've never seen it crowded," notes one visitor who photographed wildlife while fishing.

Mountain biking trails: Explore forest roads with varying difficulty levels. The nearby Buffalo Pass area offers technical riding options. "There are many indoor and outdoor activities to do in the area. We had a blast and it was absolutely beautiful," reports a camper who enjoyed the combination of camping and biking access.

Wildlife viewing: Search for mule deer in campground areas during early morning and evening hours. "The local deer migrate into the campground. A site on lake's edge is usually available. Fall's morning fog greet you in the morning," writes a Dutch Hill Campground visitor who camped after Labor Day when crowds diminished.

What campers like

Privacy between sites: Some campgrounds offer better separation than others. At Bear Lake Campground, "The campsites are well separated, and screened by trees for good privacy. Despite a mostly full campground after dark it was very quiet, no generators, no barking dogs, and no big parties."

Off-season camping: Mid-September brings fewer crowds and fall colors. "We went up in Mid-sept with our dogs to photograph fall color change and were not disappointed. There is a short trail around the reservoir," reports a Freeman Reservoir visitor who appreciated the autumn landscape.

Covered picnic structures: Many established campgrounds provide sheltered eating areas. "The RV sites have an awning-like structure with an enclosed side to the west. It provides nice cover for the summer afternoon showers," notes a visitor at Yampa River Headquarters Campground.

What you should know

Fire restrictions: Check current fire regulations before arrival as bans frequently occur during dry periods. "Currently a stage 2 fire ban so no campfires allowed," reported a Buffalo Pass visitor during summer camping season when restrictions were in place.

Limited cell coverage: Service varies significantly by provider and location. At Trail and Hitch RV Park, one camper noted "No cell and weak WiFi reception, so I was not able to use phone or computer," despite staying at a developed campground with hookups.

Weather preparedness: Mountain weather changes rapidly, particularly at higher elevations. "Was very cold when I was here, low about 12° also got hit with 40-60 mile an hour winds - Strongest I've experienced in six years traveling in this RV," reported a Trail and Hitch visitor who experienced severe conditions.

Road conditions: Access to dispersed camping often requires appropriate vehicles. For Buffalo Pass dispersed camping, "It gets sketchy at some points, but you have your pick of camp sites. Rough road up, in a sprinter 4x4, not a lot of great options."

Tips for camping with families

Playground access: Several campgrounds maintain play structures for children. "Playground is nice. Very friendly," notes a Trail and Hitch visitor who appreciated family amenities at the RV park.

Swimming options: Reservoir-based camping provides water recreation possibilities during summer months. "The reservoir gets busy so go early to stake out a spot to hang for the day. Once there, it's a wonderful place to play for the day- paddle boarding, fishing, jumping off the dam," advises a Chapman Reservoir visitor.

Loop selection: Choose camping loops carefully based on shade and proximity to facilities. "We stayed in the Arnica loop. Easy access to the lake/hiking trails, vault toilets. Showers were in the next camping loop a mile or so down the road," explains a Dutch Hill visitor at Steamboat Lake State Park.

Tips from RVers

Hookup variations: RV campgrounds Hayden, Colorado and surrounding areas offer different electrical options. "There is a mixture of pull through, back in, and some tent sites for all camping types," notes a Freeman Reservoir visitor describing the site layout options.

Leveling requirements: Site flatness varies significantly between campgrounds. A Trail and Hitch RV Park visitor reported that "Less expensive spots are not level so I chose the more expensive option," indicating pricing tiers based on site quality.

Laundry availability: Some established campgrounds provide coin-operated machines. "Good showers and laundry. Nice check in staff," reports a visitor at Eagle Soaring RV Park, which maintains these facilities for longer-stay campers.

Seasonal road closures: High elevation campgrounds become inaccessible during winter months. "Road is impassable in winter," notes a Freeman Reservoir camper, while others mention gates closing access roads to Buffalo Pass until mid-June on the Steamboat side and mid-July on the eastern approach.

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