Best Equestrian Camping near Nederland, CO

What a great campground!  This is less than an hour from our house, perfect for a quick night away.  I'm camping for the first time in decades, hoping to give my toddler a love of the outdoors.  Reverends Ridge is perfect for family campers.  In spot 86 (Loop I), we were close enough to the flush toilets (yea!) but far enough away from neighbors.  We were able to explore easily from our site and my daughter had a great time checking out the campsite. The drive-up site was very clean, the tent pads have nice tie-down points and the fire pit and grill gate were fully operational.  We were able to buy wood from the main office. I really appreciated the dishwashing station next to the bathrooms.  The campground is about 20 minutes from Nederland, a nice escape for ice cream and the short rain storm that came in during the afternoon.  

There were tons of families around and it was very quiet by 10 pm.  Not so much the next morning!  If you like to sleep in, I would bring some earplugs, there were lots of early risers.  But I prefer that to loud music and rowdy groups at night.

This is a bare bones remote campground with assigned sites and vault toilets. There is no potable water on site, so bring plenty of water for your stay. The 18 sites are on a first come basis and can't be reserved.

I don't own horses, but have seen some in the area so it is equestrian friendly. The campground is located in a canyon with high cliffs and there are several hiking and backpacking trails that branch off from the campground. The south fork of the white river runs through the campground affording good fly fishing.

While you can get to the campground in a standard automobile the gravel road is rutted in places as you get close to the campground and can become dicey in heavy rain or snow for the last mile or two. 

I have been there numerous times as early as July and as late as September when snow can be expected.

You must first stop at the base to check in this is where very friedly people checked us in explained the bear behavior and bear safty. The site have bear boxes. We then paid the 9 dollar a day use fee . When we reserved we had already paid 43 dollars a day for dry camp. This is my only reason for 4 stars instead of 5. There is a short drive over a tall hill to a valkey with 3 camp grounds. Hermits hollow, Bob cat and kruger equestrian . Hermits hollow is better for small rigs and tents. Some sites are not level but all are nice. Bob cat is better for your midsize rigs and seems a bit more managable. Kruger equestrian is for hourse trailers. There is a great hike up to the top of kruger rock thats not to hard. Your not far from Estes Park a tourist town that has shops food and fishing.