Escape into nature and disconnect from your daily life with cabin camping near Pitkin. Finding a cozy cabin in Colorado has never been easier. You're sure to find the perfect cabin for your Colorado cabin camping excursion.
Located just outside of downtown Buena Vista, BV Overlook offers a variety of nightly accommodations with an amazing view of the Collegiate Peaks. We welcome you to stay with us in your RV or van, enjoy tent camping, or cozy up in one of our tiny homes, cabins, or glamping accommodations. All accommodations include access to the bathhouses, community fire pits, recreation room, laundry, outdoor games and Wi-Fi. We look forward to hosting you.
$40 - $180 / night
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UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP!!! Over 90 5-Star Google Reviews Since Reopening!!! Nestled in a small valley in the San Isabel National Forest along the south fork of the Arkansas River, Monarch Spur RV Park and Campground is at 8,620 feet above sea level – literally in the Heart of the Rockies.
Our friendly staff is ready to do everything to make your stay as fun-filled and comfortable as possible. We offer free Wi-Fi access, clean laundry and shower facilities, and a camp store with last-minute supplies and snacks. Our RV guests can enjoy 60-foot+, pull-thru sites with full hook-ups, including 20, 30 and 50 amps of power. We have tent campsites with the south fork of the Arkansas river close by. We have fully furnished cabins and travel trailers for rent.
$40 - $60 / night
$27 - $65 / night
Come join our family at friendly Arrowhead Point Campground & Cabins. You’ll feel right at home in our welcoming atmosphere. Whether you’re playing a round of horseshoes, joining in on a volleyball game, surfing the web on our free WIFI network, or stopping in for an espresso drink at our Espresso Bar, you’ll be glad you chose to stay with us. Located on the beautiful Collegiate Peaks Scenic Byway in Buena Vista Colorado, Arrowhead Point is the Home of The Original 1800’s Pony Express and Stage Coach Stop. The 23 acre property still contains the bunkhouse, stable and tack room from the 1800’s when it was one of the 165 way stations on the Pony Express route. Come see! We’re committed to making your stay with us an enjoyable and memorable experience. Come see why so many of our customers come back to visit year after year! We know that your vacation time is valuable to you. Our job is to make sure that every guest enjoys every day with us here at Arrowhead Point Campground & Cabins. You’ll love our welcoming and helpful environment, and will quickly see that we offer Buena Vista Colorado camping at its finest. “There are no strangers – only friends we haven’t met yet!”
The Arkansas River Rim Campground and RV Park is nestled along the Arkansas River in Colorado's "Banana Belt of the Rockies", the only park in the upper Arkansas River Valley that sets adjacent to the Arkansas River.
Looking for a spectacular campsite with full ammenities? Well Look no further! Whether you are a tent or hammock camper, Arkansas River Rim Campground will have the perfect spot for you. All of our camp sites feature a picnic table as well as a fire pit, so groups large or small will have no trouble roasting marshmellows around the fire or eating dinner together at the table. All of the campsites are backed against the forest, giving a more natural atmosphere, as well as giving you a chance to see plenty of cute chipmunks, cotton tails, and humming birds.
The Arkansas River Rim Campground and RV Park boasts a variety of amenities to make your stay comfortable, enjoyable and efficient. This quiet, family owned and operated park promotes our small town atmosphere where good folks come to enjoy Colorado and return year after year to enjoy good friends. This quiet park offers amenities that include:
Internet Friendly - WiFi
River access: kayaking, fishing, gold panning, ect
Deluxe, shaded pull thru sites with full hook-ups
BIG RIG Friendly - Easy access, easy parking
Camper Cabin overlooking Arkansas River
Shaded Tent Sites
Large group site
Clean, remodeled restrooms and laundry facilities
20/30/50 amp service
Bagged ice and Firewood bundles available
Incredible Views of the Collegiate Peak Range, Colorado's most concentrated occurrence of 14'ers
Deluxe dump station
RV storage available
Camper Cabin
Cabin sleeps 2 people on queen size bed. This is a beautiful, knotty pine 'primitive' cabin overlooking the Arkansas River. No electric or water. Price includes use of bath house and all other park facilities.
Tent Sites:
Rates are for 2 people and includes showers. You may add people for $5 per person per day.
$28 - $60 / night
$30 / night
Traveler
Very nice park recently acquired by Thousand Trails. stayed here for 2 weeks with my thousand trails membership. They have 30-amp and 50-amp full hook-up sites. they also have an area that provides very rustic camping by a creek. those are water and electric-only sites. nice putt putt golf and playground area.
cell service with Verizon and T-Mobile is non-existent. Park has wifi but it is very slow and not reliable. Hot spot at main building works well.
This is also a fishing pond for kids under 12. They can keep 2 fish.
They have an indoor pool and hot tub as well as an outside pool and hot tub in the upper camping area.
Traveler
This is the most beautiful RV Camp in Colorado. We come every year.
Scout
This campground is an absolute dump run by dishonest crooks. We stayed here in October on a night that it got below freezing and snowed. We were put in a cabin that had a 2-inch gap between the bottom of the door and threshold. The heater was more like a hair dryer and didn’t warm the cabin. It was 40 degrees in the cabin so we didn’t sleep. The floor crunched while walking on it and the platform bed was metal. When we got off the bed there was a loud bang. When we tried to get a refund from the owners she blamed us and said the problem was we didn’t understand rustic cabins. We have stayed in rustic cabins in the cold months for 10 years and never experienced this. There are many places in Buena Vista…take your business elsewhere.
Ranger
Within minutes from Hartman’s Rocks and one of the only KOAs that has so much grass. We rented a cabin, no refrigerator or AC, and it was perfect for a fall trip. The colors of the Aspen made the entire area golden. Cabins are slightly close together. Would definitely tent camp and enjoy the grass and fire pits next visit.
Guide
It was an awesome experience. Nice to have a private shower after being out on SXS all day. And nice cozy 2 bedroom cabin. Kitchen and small couch area. A campfire area too.
GuideThe park is beautiful, covered in trees, almost all sites are shaded. We have 103 RV Sites, 5 cabins and 6 tent sites. Facilities include a clubhouse/office, pavillion, laundry facilities and a great bathroom/shower facility. Located just 2 miles north of downtown Gunnison, just before the Gunnison River.
We also have the best internet in the area!!
Guide
Pros: Great location for use. Central to the sites we were interested in. Easy access and parking. Owners very helpful and accommodating of our needs. Owners live on property. The cabin we got for our Dgt was small but clean.
Cons: Road and sites need some work. Our site was not level. Weak WiFi provided. No cell service in park.
Will return to this park.
TravelerMy wife and I do a lot of traveling and have come to enjoy the cleanliness of KOAs when we are looking for something more comfortable during a trip. The KOA in Buena Vista had some nice features such as some unique cabins. The rest of the KOA was very outdated. The bathrooms, even when cleaned, still had the appearance of being filthy and broken down. Unless we needed a quick campsite, I don't think we will be staying here again.
Traveler
Nice place. Staff is very friendly. Pull though and back ins. Tent spots and cabins. 30 50 amp. Water and some spots with sewers. Nice office some supplies, showers, laundry. Spot by the river for fishing and or sitting. A bench to have a cup of coffee and watch the river. Cons. By hwy 50, busy in the day time, but not much traffic at night. This a great spot to refresh supplies before boonkocking in the mountains.
Scout
My friend and I stopped here on our way to Telluride. We stayed in The Loft above the lodge (so we did not camp), and we just loved it. It was so quiet and comfortable with the two beds, living area, kitchen, and bathroom.
The views of Blue Mesa reservoir were stunning. The park is tiered, so each site has a wonderful view. There are also three cabins available (they have all been beautifully remodeled), as well as a bathhouse. We had a boat ride (there is fishing available), and I heard there is ice fishing and snowmobiling available in the winter. I highly recommend this park!
TravelerGreat location with full hookups for RVs. The description mentions back-in sites only, and while our electric hookup was conveniently on the same side, we had to run our water and sewage lines underneath the RV since those hookups were on the opposite side—this seems to be the case for all sites. The campground is perfectly situated at the intersection of the Gunnison, Taylor, and East Rivers, making it ideal for fly fishing. They offer cabins, RV sites, and long-term housing options. There's a small store with basic items, beer, and merchandise, plus a fly shop in the same building. There's also a restaurant, though it was closed during our stay, and coin-operated laundry facilities. Overall, a great stay!
GuideThis was a very well kept campground. They were always watering grass, which the kiddos loved the sprinklers. We stayed in the smallest cabin they had, but it had AC, bathroom with shower, and small kitchen. Owners were very nice. There are a lot of mobile homes here that people seem to have purchased, but it wasn’t overly crowded with them or additional campers. RV spaces were semi-close together, but you didn’t hear your neighbors very much. Recommend getting a spot on the East side so you could have an actual lake view since it is technically across the highway from the lake. Speed limit was a strict 5 mph and they enforced it! Playground was a little older, but the kiddos liked it. Their little store had everything that you may have forgotten at home.
GuideThis is a great spot if you want to camp and have some fun and conveniences all in one place!
Location is great and is close by to Mt Princeton Hot Springs, rafting on the Arkansas River, hiking, and the town of Buena Vista.
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My kids think this is the world’s greatest campground, which overcomes any negatives!
Scout
In my opinion this place is kind of rundown and dumpy. Maybe it hasn’t been maintained bc of covid closures? Idk either way I wasn’t impressed. We had a tent site. The tent sites were small and along a cliff with the Arkansas below. Our “large” tent site barely fit our big cabin tent, with enough room to park our vehicle. Our tent was literally a foot away from the road you pull in on. We had 2 young kids with us and I would not call it very kid friendly. We were Constantly having to keep an eye on them. Either they fall off a cliff into the river or worry about them getting into the main 2 way camp road that huge rvs and trucks drive by on. It was very hard to “relax” while kids were trying to play. The sound of the river at night was nice that’s about it. The encounters I had with staff weren’t great. A bit rude and unhelpful. I feel the prices are high considering you can’t use any amenities advertised due to covid restrictions. There were a lot of “rules” they had I haven’t encountered in other campgrounds. There are much prettier/nicer campgrounds along the Arkansas River I would stay at.
Traveler
This is our home away from home. Just a couple of hours from Denver it becomes our weekend getaway destination. Jeff runs a great campground right on the Arkansas River. He keeps it clean and doesn't take any crap from anyone. Pricing is fair and the location is perfect. Just a couple miles out of town it's nice and dark. Only downside is the highway, you're only a few feet from 65 mph traffic.
LegendI am not exactly sure why this area looked so much more dusty than other photos I had seen but when pulling into this campground I was a little shocked and underwhelmed. I am used to KOA camps having some of the best amenities in the camping world but this one seemed a bit outdated. While they did have some nice amenities, the campsites themselves seemed to have little to no shade and were more dust and gravel than anything.
As a tent camper I have slept on some hard surfaces before and learned to pad my site accordingly for comfort, however there were a lot of large rocks in the area where tents would be located which were rather large. With these present it is hard to imagine other tent campers having a positive experience here or having moved them for comfort. Perhaps the best bet when staying here would be one of the unique cabins or RV options.
Tent sites were very high considering they have no hook up connections. After tax $40 this just was a bit over the top in my opinion. The no frills style of camping in this area has a picnic table and nothing else to justify the price point.
A positive to staying in the area was the proximity to many hiking trails and places to explore along the river. I noticed that within a 5 minute drive I could easily be in several access points for recreation opportunities ranging from fishing to hiking. The snowcapped mountain passes were only a short distance as was the ghost town of St Elmo. This is a huge positive for the campsite.
One thing I really did enjoy about this site was the camp cook area which is accessible to everyone staying at the park. In addition, there are a lot of small prairie dogs which make for a fun view throughout camp, especially near the road way.
On a negative note however, the bathrooms were outdated and in need of some TLC and the outdoor recreation space was in need of some soft space as opposed to the rocky landscape.
Traveler
I want to say a bit about this campground. It’s the best we’ve stayed at in a long while. A new family just took over and this is their first summer. It has everything. Full hookups to tent camping. Full hookup sites are a bit tight but fine. It’s at over 8000 feet and the views are amazing. We can see snow. They have a nice camp store, WiFi that works, golf cart rental, a playground, kids games, a community area (even host occasional concerts) fishing, and a river running through. On site laundry and very clean bathhouse. It’s near a highway but we never found the road noise a problem. Didn’t even notice except an occasional truck using Jake brakes. It all but stopped at night.
Owners are super nice and helpful. And we even saw a moose. The stars are amazing here BTW.
The kids didn’t want to go anywhere they were happy just to hang out here at the campground.
LegendStayed here while thru hiking the colorado trail, what a wonderful time! Salida is a quick drive away and the trail is only a mile up the road. Staff was incredible and store well stocked. Taking covid seriously too! Thanks Monarch!
TravelerThis campground is west of Gunnison, Colorado across from Blue Mesa Reservoir. No cell service, but they have free wifi. The wifi is slow and when it's busy doesn't work well.
Legend
Don't know why this is listed twice on the dyrt but it was a lovely sftay nonetheless. They kept packages for us as we did the colorado trail and it was great each time we stayed. Thanks sugar loafin!
ScoutWe enjoyed our stay here very much! Jeff has the place in fantastic shape and is very accommodating. There are very nice full hook-up sites as well as beautiful tent sites here. Bathroom and showers are spotless, too. And, rates are very reasonable!
We are Colorado folks and know where to find great campgrounds. We always enjoy Arkansas Rim and highly recommend it!
TravelerOur first time in Colorado. The campground was great! It has water and electric, a clean bathhouse and a laundry room. They have a campstore in case you need anything. The playground was closed due to Covid-19. We were only able to stay two nights or of the five I reserved. Being from Alabama, I couldn't handle the snow in June while in a tent.
ScoutHeaded for Crested Butte for the wildflowers and had trouble finding a campsite to reserve for a Saturday night in July. I found one at this site and grabbed it for 4 nights. It was delightful and would definitely stay again.
Hope to do so. In high desert country, Lakeside is "home" to folks who like to fish, enjoy this part of Colorado, and do it in a Campground that feels like a community. We were offered fresh fish from one of the "neighbors".
Established long enough to have large Aspen trees for lots of shade, and with new owners who go out of their way to add amenities.
Most sites are for motor homes with full hookups. We had one of 6 tentsites which was quite large.
Scout
This campground is located on hillside just off of Hwy 50 approximately 6 miles west of Salida, Colorado. A beautiful location. We stayed here two nights in June, knowing this is a relatively new KOA that used to be a private campground. We would have left at the end of the first day except that we met friends there and wanted to continue our visit with them. Water pressure was almost non-existent (we had to use our own water pump in the RV) and Wi-Fi was almost non-existent during peak times.
This campground is definitely not up to the standards of a KOA. We have stayed in at least 16 0thers. I am aware there are other nice campgrounds in this area competitively priced.
Management at the campground have registered our complaint, but no ne on their team was present to do anything. Staff was new and expressed their regrets for our complaint.
Scout
Riverside RV Park is on the outskirts of Salida, Colorado just off of US-50. The Arkansas River flows through the campground at a sedate flow. Our campsite (#8) was right next to and parallel to the river which provided some soothing sounds at night. It took a couple of tries to back our 20 foot travel trailer into the spot. The gravel site was level side to side but sloped slightly back to front. The bathrooms and showers are clean but a bit worn, and they are across the river bridge from the campsites and up some fairly steep steps. My wife is handicapped, so we had to drive around to the bathhouse.
The campground is next door to a Sonic Drive-In and across the highway from a Wal-mart. It is within a half hour drive to rafting, horseback riding, hot springs, trailheads to the outback and high mountains.
We enjoyed our stay and would definitely return.
ScoutI stayed here throughout the summer in 2024. It is a great place to explore from into the many surrounding popular locations. Gunnison is 25 minutes out, Crested Butte an hour, Ouray, Silverton, Lake City, Arkansas River Wilderness all an hour to 90 minutes away. Many hiking trails in the National Forrest's are just a few minutes away. World Class fishing in the Gunnison River as well as Blue Mesa Reservoir. These are a few of the Pro's of this Thousand Trails Campground. The back in sites are fairly level. Some need a wedge level to bring your rig closer to level. Class A's have no issues backing into spots. 50-30-15 Amp, Sewer and Water at the majority of the spots. I stayed in the upper section and had no problem getting a reservation, even on busier weekends.
The dig is that you will be backed up and beside other campers. By this, I mean their rigs will be within 20 feet of you. Sipping coffee, you will be able to have a conversation in a low voice with your camping neighbors. Not a big deal for me, I am a friendly and generous neighbor. Heck, I even share the fish I catch with those that do not have a Kayak or fishing gear. There is no Cellular service at this Campground. They have Wi-Fi, but I cannot attest to its strength or reliability; I use Starlink. They have Laundry at $2 a load for wash and $2 a load for dry. A small swimming pool that closes at 8. Bathrooms with showers that are cleaned daily. A nice paved road throughout.
I use this Campground to explore and enjoy hiking, fishing and 4WD into remote areas near hear. I can stay 21 days, out 7 and right back for another 21 if I desire. I disperse camp and come back to do laundry, rinse tanks, resupply fresh water tank. Gunnison has a Safeway, Local Grocery and Walmart. The Walmart is not a super store and has very little in the way of groceries. Local Grocers and Safeway are your better choice for food.
Montrose is an hour away. However, Hwy 50 is down to one lane once in the morning and once in the evening due to bridge repairs. You cannot pull a trailer across the bridge at any times. Towing, you are required to use County Road 26 detour. It also has a pilot car guide and at only a few times a day. It is almost 2 hour detour. Check with Colorado Dept. Transportation for info.
TravelerMost sites are pull thru spacious sites. No trees, with all amenities that are listed they also have a laundry room. Very clean. Leave right from site to thousands of beautiful trails and towns. Love this place!
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