Painted Rock RV Park and Campground

We stopped here for the night while driving home to Denver. It was peaceful and quiet with a beautiful sunset and views of the plains. We didn’t use the facilities but it looked like there was a nice game room, a basketball court and a playground for kids. Definitely better than staying right next to the highway.

We thought we would be leaving Denver in the mid-afternoon headed east so this campground would have been a good place to stop for the night. Since some private campgrounds have closed their restrooms during Covid, I called ahead to make sure they would be open here. The woman answering the phone was very friendly and helpful and assured me they would be open. We ended up leaving Denver earlier than planned and arrived here around 3 pm; only three sites were occupied, and no one was in the office. 

The campground is located about 4 miles down a navigable dirt road south of I-70. I had between one and two bars of Verizon, somewhat surprising as we were pretty much in the middle of nowhere. 

There was a nice playground (along with a tetherball pole and horseshoes) and clubhouse with a full kitchen plus a grill outside, fireplace, pool table, and ping pong table, and WiFi. The television was on, but no one was around– just a little creepy. Laundry and vending on-site. There was also what appeared to be some kind of aviary. We did end up talking with a family staying there who told us the rate was $38 and all sites were full hookup. Three pull-thru sites and the rest are back-in. Some space but no separation between the sites and no discernable driveways. 

Discounts: Good Sam, Passport America, over 65, military and LE. 

All in all, this campground offers some nice amenities but would be better suited to people traveling in an RV. I’m glad we did not commit to staying here and decided to burn some more daylight and continue our journey down the road.