Top Tent Camping near Midland, CO
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Best Tent Sites Near Midland, CO (33)
1. Lone Duck Campground and Cabins
32 Reviews•214 Photos•74 SavesWe have everything you need to have a great time in the Colorado Rockies. Tent sites, RV sites, and Camper Cabins! Relax in your shady site or take a dip in our heated outdoor pool. We also have a fishing pond, stocked with rainbow trout, a retro arcade, 24/7 lounge serving locally roasted coffee each morning, playground, and laundromat.
We’re outside the city lights at the base of Pikes Peak- 7600 feet elevation – yet our proximity to all the area’s many attractions makes us an ideal location for families looking for a summer adventure or folks just passing through for a couple of days. We strive to make every stay special. You will love it here at “the Duck”!
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$40 - $87 / night
2. Mount Herman Road Dispersed Camping
32 Reviews•101 Photos•1169 SavesPart of Pike and San Isabel National Forests Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands. Mount Herman Trail begins at a small parking area on a switchback on Mount Herman Road. This trail provides a 2-mile one-way hike to the summit of Mt. Herman.
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3. Red Canyon Park
21 Reviews•88 Photos•713 Saves- Pets
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4. Matukat Road Dispersed Camping
15 Reviews•55 Photos•937 Saves- Pets
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5. Rampart Range Area Dispersed Campsite
9 Reviews•17 Photos•417 SavesDon't want to camp in a developed campground? There are many places on the Pike-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands where you can pitch a tent and practice low impact camping techniques. Dispersed camping is primitive, undevleoped, frontcountry "car camping".
Remember: when dispersed camping, no toilets, trash service, or potable water, are available. Store all food and trash securely, and pack out what you pack in. Practice Leave No Trace.
Please observe the following requirements when dispersed camping:
In some areas, dispersed camping and parking is allowed in designated sites only. Do not create resource damage by driving off-road, beyond designated parking locations, or behind barriers. Parking should be within 30' of site markers where posted. Developed sites, including trailheads and picnic areas, are closed to overnight camping and allow for day use activities only. Tread lightly, and avoid trampling sensitive vegetation. Locate your camp at least 100' from any water source. Use catholes to properly dispose of human and pet waste; bury waste in a cathole at least 6-8" deep and 200’ from any water source. Packing out human and pet waste using self-contained waste disposal systems is encouraged. Campfires are allowed at overnight sites as long as fire restrictions aren’t in place. You may gather small amounts of down, dead wood for a campfire. Use existing fire rings; keep your campfire small and always make sure it is completely extinguished before leaving. No campfires outside of designated overnight sites. BEARS and other wildlife When you go to the mountains and forest, you are in bear county. Do not leave ANY food, trash or other animal attractant unattended. Store all food and trash securely and pack out what you pack in. Failing to do so can result in a fine. Also be aware that; where not otherwise restricted, camping or leaving camping equipment at any location more than 14 days within a continuous 30 day period, and/or occupying any campsite within three miles of any prior camping or equipment location for a combined total of more than 28 days within any continuous 60 day period, is prohibited. Also, leaving camping equipment unattended for more than 24 hours is not allowed. In addition; discharging a firearm is prohibited within 150 yards of a residence, building, campsite, developed recreation site, or occupied area; or across or on a National Forest System road or a body of water, or in any manner or place whereby any person or property is exposed to injury or damage as a result of such discharge. Plan your trip; phone ahead for restrictions and special regulations. Contact your local Ranger District office for more information.
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6. Phantom Canyon Road BLM Sites
32 Reviews•130 Photos•906 Saves- Pets
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$50 - $90 / night
7. Dispersed Camping - Pike National Forest Divide
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8. The Bank Campground
7 Reviews•17 Photos•79 SavesOverview
Open year-round; visitors come for the spectacular rock climbing adjacent to the campground. Approximately 15 miles north of Cañon City, Colorado, The Bank Campground overlooks Shelf Road and is located at an approximate elevation of 6890 feet. The Bank has 33 campsites. The dirt road leading to the campground is very rough and not recommended for large RVs and travel trailers.
Recreation
The Bank Campground offers easy access to the popular rock climbing area, Shelf Road. Climbers can access nearly 1000 bolted routes via the Cactus Cliff and Dark Side trails. A variety of other recreation opportunities easily accessed from the campground include hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding as well as 4wd routes. In addition to campsites, The Bank Campground offers a day-use parking area for recreationalists.
Facilities
The dirt road leading to The Bank campground is steep and rough. This 33-site campground was recently renovated and has 31 individual sites, 2 group sites, and 4 vault toilets. The individual sites are limited to 2 vehicles and 8 people. Group sites are limited to 4 vehicles and 20 people. Each campsite includes a parking space, a metal fire ring and a picnic table. The sites are small and designed for tent-camping. Large camp trailers and RVs are not advised. Drinking water, electric hook-ups and trash service are not available at The Bank Campground so please bring your own water and plan to take your trash with you when you leave. Bring your own firewood.
Natural Features
The Bank Campground and the surrounding area is well known amongst rock climbers and outdoor enthusiasts for the long bands of limestone cliffs dominating the landscape. Stunning rock features paired with the piñon pine and juniper vegetation, enhance the dramatic vistas and a picturesque camping environment.
Nearby Attractions
The region around Shelf Road offers numerous attractions and recreation opportunities. Popular activities include visiting the Royal Gorge via the Royal Gorge Bridge, the Royal Gorge Train, hiking trails or a rafting trip with one of a number of river outfitters. The Arkansas River offers whitewater rafting as well as outstanding angling. There are numerous trails for all activities in the region as well as agricultural and heritage tours along the Gold Belt National Scenic Byway. The local communities offer a range of shopping and dining experiences.
Visit the Royal Gorge Region web page for more information about local attractions:
Explore - Royal Gorge Region: royalgorgeregion.com
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9. Rocky Mountain Oasis!!
2 Reviews•11 Photos•2 SavesThis 400 sq ft Barnominium sits on 3 acres overlooking the Continental Divide, and Pikes Peak. This rental comes with an access card to the neighborhood clubhouse which has tennis courts, indoor pool, 18 round frisbee golf, pool table, workout gym, and two fully remodeled bathrooms complete with toilets, wifi and hot showers. You're off grid, but on grid if you want to be as it is 6 minutes from rental property. The Barn has two cozy lofts with queen beds, one inflatable and the other folds up, plenty of room to read that book or for the kids to play in their “fort”. Below the lofts is a 400 sq ft space to enjoy tv, game night, and also comes with a couch that turns into a full bed. 30,000 btu fireplace for heat and plenty of windows to view from that also provides plenty of natural light. Step out onto your porch with a cup of coffee in the morning, and listen to the quiet. An RV with a bathroom, and cold shower sit in the driveway for your convenience. This has your kitchen sink, stove, oven, and is extra space for storing stuff to save room in your car or in the barn. A fire pit sits with a grilling stick system for cowboy cooking, or simply use our gas grill. Though you should bring your own water in, a 300 gallon potable water system to feed the water needed in RV (refill charge included in cost) Atv use is allowed in neighborhood but trailer has to be stored over night in driveway as well as all cars. The constellations await you as our night sky is like going to Imax. The morning peace you will get watching animals and hearing…nothing is sure to leave relaxed and refreshed for that busy life. Come and Breathe.
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$150 / night
10. Phantom Canyon
4 Reviews•25 Photos•135 Saves- Pets
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Recent Tent Reviews In Midland
1261 Reviews of 33 Midland Campgrounds
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Creugy B.
Scout
Cheyenne Mountain State Park Swift Puma Heights Campground
Well maintained campground
This is a lovely campground, overlooking Colorado Springs. There are some pull through sites and many back in. The wind can be a little fierce. The showers and other facilities are clean and well-maintained, and my only complaint is the showers are more lukewarm than hot.
- kkarl
GuideCheyenne Mountain State Park Swift Puma Heights Campground
Great campground
Beautiful location. Clean, modern restrooms. Well maintained services building with showers and laundry. Nice level sites.
Landon C.
Ranger
Bailey Area Dispersed
Difficult road to get to but beautiful views
The road here has some gnarly washboards. I had to slow down to a crawl at points because it was thrashing my rig around so much. There is also one turn on the road where if you’re not careful, I could imagine getting stuck. However, the views are incredible and it was well worth the effort. Cell signal from Verizon is extremely good, I am getting 5G UWB and download speeds of 180mbps. There’s some cool hills to climb and many great views.
- Ioan P.
Legend
Springdale Campground
Nice,
Situated of 9,400 ft. Altitude ! Not for everyone! Clean, in the forest.
- Ioan P.Legend
Chatfield State Park Campground
Super nice
Very clean, very well maintained. Large spaces near the lake.
- RRebecca L.Scout
Redskin Creek Rd Dispersed Campsite
Site #6 of 33
Finally, a nice campsite on a road that isn't horrible. There are 30+ designated, numbered, dispersed campsites on this road. Each of them have a parking area right along the road with a fire ring a short distance away surrounded by awesome rock outcroppings. The parking areas tend to be very unlevel and there are only a few that you can pull right up to your campsite. #6 had a level spot large enough for my van and the camping area just a few steps away. These are great campsites and the area is really awesome. After so many horrible roads and places closed, it was a blessing to find this spot. The road is a bit of a washboard, but that is nothing compared to most of the forest roads in Colorado. Highly recommended! Cell service with At&t in site 6 is decent. Calling is 2 bars. at least half of the sites are big rig friendly. All of the sites are 100% free.
- KK D.
Traveler
Gold Camp Road/Forest Service Road 376 Dispersed
Great spot!
Was pretty busy, hard to find a spot at first but found a campsite across the stream that you cross a log on. Beautiful drive to get to.
ali U.Scout
Lone Duck Campground and Cabins
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- LLinnell W.Guide
Dispersed Camping - Pike National Forest Divide
Beautiful Spots
Wanted to stay for two nights but only did two days, because a mountain lion tore a deer to shreds about a day or two prior to my arrival by my campsite and i was spooked. Had two dogs but had an eerie feeling and left early but it was gorgeous. Loads of OHVs tho
Lily R.TravelerDispersed Camping - Pike National Forest Divide
Great spots along ATV trail
Tons of level, large spots. Road is meant for ATV use, and was a fair amount of traffic throughout the day but tolerable. Hardly any at night. Restrooms at base of road. Found our spot 2.5 miles up the road, definitely needed AWD.
- Lily R.Traveler
Gold Camp Road/Forest Service Road 376 Dispersed
Secluded sites along creek
Drove ~3 miles along the service road to find our spot, it was the second pull off “open-area” with several fire pits to choose from. Road was a little bumpy but would be fine with a 2WD. Gorgeous, secluded spot next to the creek. No Verizon service.
- Lily R.Traveler
Phantom Canyon Road BLM Sites
Great secluded sites
Pretty smooth mountain road, lots of site options. We found one that was down back from the main road and near the creek. Needed 4WD to get down there, but other sites 2WD would be fine. Appears to be a local cow wandering around, she approached our campsite but went the other way.
- JJo H.Guide
Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park at Larkspur
Nice but pricey
Overall Nice site. Stayed one night. Too pricey for a stopover. Propane fire pit looks nice but could not use. Must have a 20 pound tank. Store was closed as we arrived at 5 pm.
Train and traffic noise as expected for location. Lot of stuff for kids. Nice facilities. Clean park. - ccarson C.Traveler
Mueller State Park
Still camping !
From Texas, got married in Colorado two years ago and came back again this year to celebrate. Absolutely love camping and hiking, staff was friendly and everything has been clean so far. Super worried at first about hiking up to campsite but they have carts donated to help carry gear. This is one of the farther tent campsites on this side of the park and we had no issues getting there. Other than a bloody nose from elevation change. Beautiful view lots of wildlife:)
- SSam W.Guide
Cutty’s Resort - Hayden Creek
Great All Around
We had a great time. Our family and another reserved two sites next to each other. The pools on site were perfect for the kids. On site mini golf was a blast. The views in the campground were awesome. Aside from the aforementioned, there was a small store on site with ice and wood (can't bring your own wood) and the food they served at the mess hall was fire.
- Amanda M.Scout
Colorado Springs KOA
Good stay
We had a good time.. activities were fun and location is beautiful!
- TThomas O.Scout
Chatfield State Park Campground
Greast Spot
Stayed the last night with a rental RV that we needed to return to Denver by 10;30 AM. Campground has an unusual lay out with "loops" being 3 rings of sites. Sites are spread out well. Lots of privacy, Within an hour's drive of the RV rental return location (with a Costco on the way to fill the gas tank). Some sites have elec/water/sewer at the sites. Some have just electrical - this was our site. A communal water/sewer was available with ability to handle two vehicles at the same time.
- DDeitz B.Guide
Rampart Range Dispersed Site
Great Access to Rampart Reservoir
Handful of spots stretched out along the road. It was hard to find some open space on a Saturday around 3.
- DDeitz B.Guide
Crags Campground
Easy Access to Devils Playground
I camped here one night before I hiked up to the Devils Playground. Bring cash for the site, it is first come first serve. Great sites with fire pits and picnic tables. Very kind host.
- mmichelle H.Traveler
Gold Camp Road/Forest Service Road 376 Dispersed
great spot by creek
loved this spot even stayed a couple extra days right by nice size creek the cooler weather was nice and meant not alot of bugs. more traffic on road than expected but not bothersome. people close by but not close enough to hear or bother you in anyway. site was clean. there were more shaded ones but we chose next to water. were a couple empty close by on a holiday weekend.
Anthony N.GuideRocking Chair Campground — Eleven Mile State Park
Nice Campground Lousy Campers
The campground itself is very nice and had all of the makings for a peaceful camping trip. However, when we got there we found our neighboring campground had overtaken our campground because they didn't think we were going to show up (we arrived somewhere around 4 and check-in is at 3). Fortunately they moved their tents out of our campground pretty quickly. There was a separate campground that stayed up until 4 in the morning playing music very loud which was highly irritating. Very surprised there was no enforcement of quiet hours. All in all it was a good spot but definitely felt like it could use a campground host of some sort to help ensure all campers have a good experience.
Shana D.Legend
Mountaindale RV Resort
Last Minute
We had to change plans last minute and arrive here on short notice. They had sites to accommodate us and they were very welcoming. This was hands down the nicest privately owned rv park/campground we have ever stayed at! The bathroom suites have recently been remodeled and they are so nice! Best shower of our 10 day road trip. Nice laundry facilities, community rec room, hot tub, and even a hiking trail to the top of the mountain. Highly recommend.
- JJasonLegend
AHRA Canyon Trading Post Recreation Site
Arkansas river overnight camp
Quick stop. Very clean. Self pay station if you do not have state park pass. Vault restrooms. No trash on site, pack in pack out. Ramp to launch rafts, kayaks...
- DDeitz B.Guide
Gold Camp Road/Forest Service Road 376 Dispersed
Peaceful and Secluded
Came mid August. Arrived about 5pm on a Saturday and there were a handful of spots left. I was right next to the river. Had 2 groups close to me that I could see, but it wasn’t an issue. Easy enough to get to.
- bbrandon W.Guide
Red Canyon Park
Great stay very close to Canon City
This was my first time solo tent camping. It went well. The space had a fire ring and picnic table. I might have been the only person at the park and it was quite peaceful!
Elsa P.GuidePhantom Canyon Road BLM Sites
breathtaking & plenty of tucked away spots
probably one of my favorite spots along the road trip. multiple really rad drive through tunnels and towering canyon walls that blew me away. got there after dark and took and it's definitely a popular place so I would recommend getting there with some day light left. a smidge chilly during the night but does heats up quick. would absolutely come back again!
Lesa L.Scout
Matukat Road Dispersed Camping
Excellent!
We spent 10 days at the top of the mountain. There were a few people that came in for a night or so, but not even close enough to hear them or see lights. The views are breathtaking! I am from NY. Drove all the way here just too camp. Was not disappointed!!! Can not wait to come back.
Guide to Midland
Camping near Midland, CO, offers a mix of stunning views and outdoor adventures. Whether you're pitching a tent or rolling in with an RV, there are plenty of options to explore.
What to do:
- Hiking: Check out the trails at Mueller State Park Campground. One reviewer mentioned, "Short walk to Grouse peak," making it a great spot for those who love to hike.
- Fishing: Head to Stoll Mountain Campground — Eleven Mile State Park for some fishing. A visitor shared, "Take a canoe, kayak, or fishing poles and enjoy a day on the lake."
- Wildlife Watching: At Cheyenne Mountain State Park Campground, you might spot deer and rabbits. One camper noted, "We saw deer multiple nights, rabbits and a skunk."
What campers like:
- Scenic Views: Campers rave about the views at Mueller State Park Campground. One review highlighted, "Campsites 8 and 9 offer stunning views of Sentinel Point."
- Clean Facilities: Many appreciate the cleanliness at Cheyenne Mountain State Park Campground. A visitor said, "Very nice and clean park. Lots of wildlife."
- Family-Friendly Activities: The Colorado Springs KOA is known for its fun activities. One parent mentioned, "They do fun activities on the weekends like mining for gems and tie-dye shirts."
What you should know:
- Limited Amenities: Some campgrounds, like Stoll Mountain Campground — Eleven Mile State Park, have basic spots with no shade. A reviewer noted, "Really basic spots with no shade so bring your own."
- Crowded on Weekends: Popular spots like Buffalo Creek Recreation Area can fill up quickly. One camper warned, "It is very difficult to find a spot on a weekend."
- Road Conditions: If you're heading to Mount Herman Road Dispersed Camping, be prepared for rough roads. A review stated, "Road was very rutted and bumpy, definitely best to have 4x4."
Tips for camping with families:
- Activities for Kids: Look for campgrounds like Colorado Springs KOA that offer playgrounds and pools. A parent shared, "Tons of activities for the kids and it’s close to all things in Colorado Springs!"
- Safety First: Always keep an eye on little ones, especially near water. One camper at Phantom Canyon Road BLM Sites mentioned, "I splashed in the creek and caught crawdads."
- Plan for Quiet Time: Many campgrounds enforce quiet hours, which can be great for families. A visitor at Golden Eagle Campground noted, "Quiet time starts at 11pm so it’s nice and quiet for the evenings."
Tips from RVers:
- Check Site Size: Make sure your RV fits the site. A reviewer at Lone Duck Campground and Cabins mentioned, "The dump site was top notch - all tools supplied."
- Water Pressure: Be aware that some campgrounds may have low water pressure. One camper at Garden of the Gods RV Resort said, "The water pressure was low so we filled our tank and used our water pump."
- Amenities Matter: Look for campgrounds with full hookups if you need them. A visitor at Cheyenne Mountain State Park Campground appreciated, "Full hook ups. Up on the side of a mountain overlooking Colorado Springs."
Camping near Midland, CO, has something for everyone. Whether you're into hiking, fishing, or just soaking in the views, you'll find a spot that suits your style.
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