S & Z, Lllp

The location is great. The area for dogs are great. If you like rustic campgrounds I would give it four stars. However the 2 large downfalls are under burning chemicals and objects. The wood was made out of ceramic. What I mean by that is it the wood would not burn. Secondly the manager was never their to pump the propane into our tank so we had to take cold showers. They had showers houses, that were clean with excellent water pressure. The construction of the shower stalls was in need of serious servicing. i.e. bricks were missing.

I would start off by saying that the tent sites are very close together so if you get out by a rowdy group of college kids, expect to hear their every conversation. Like their fire pit was 7 feet from my tent site. WAY TOO CLOSE
I would agree with the other reviewer here that the Mosquitos are insane. Like full deet insane. Be ready to lather up and burn all the candles you have.
Bathrooms are clean which is awesome but you roll the dice with who camps next to you. You will get to know them very well.

Just stayed a week there over the July 4^th weekend. Pretty crowded and not much space for manuvering a trailer, but there isn’t much else available for an RV needing hookups near Leadville. A little noisy and dusty, mostly due to ATVs and motorcycles going in and out. Pretty quiet after 10 pm and showers are clean. The free 7^th day is nice. My actual score would have been between 2 and 3.

I recently stayed here at the end of August and it was perfect. The summer crowds were dying down, and the whole campground was VERY quiet. I stayed in the upper tent area which was shaded with thick trees. The restroom facilities were immaculate, which was a nice change from the National Forest campgrounds. The staff is quite friendly and helpful.

Nice and quiet, clean restrooms, gravel roads throughout, larger RV pull-​throughs with concrete pads. I’m on dirt right now with a travel trailer and it’s fine. It feels like National Forest land with lots of spruce trees, squirrels and chipmunks. Quite a variety of sites, tenting (away from the RV sites), RV with full hookups, pop-​up sites, power and water only, etc. Cold at night, 9÷25÷11 overnight low of 30 °F. Lake Veronica is very close, see lots of peeps with fishing poles. Charge a base rate and add for number of people in your group. I checked another park in Leadville and left– glad I came out here (3.9 miles from Leadville)

After spending several nights in a row in National Forest campgrounds we were in need of another shower. Stumbled across this place with our trusty Woodalls Campground Directory and pulled in. It is expensive. We paid $ 42. If you mention you like camping you get a 10% discount. (That’s not much of a secret since it is posted on the sign in the office.)
The staff was very freindly.
The campground has several areas but it is not that big. The RV area with full hookups, the electric/​water area, and the tenting area. The area with the electric/​water is the nicest. It is under some beautiful tall trees. Unfortunately, we needed full hookups which is more or less in an open area with no shade. The sites are level.
The have a rec room which is average and a playground that could be better. But their ice cream social is amusing. $ 1.50 for all you can eat. They had 4 different flavors — just remember to bring a bowl and spoon. Otherwise it’s another $.25 or something like that.
Overall, it is a nice place to stay but a little pricey.

I agree with everything the previous poster said. Yup, it’s a little steep.
But one thing I really liked, was that the tent camping area was far from the RV area, and it was totally quiet. If memory serves, their policy is that if a camper gets reported to management for keeping up other campers (loud noise, music, bratty screaming kids), then the offender has to pay for the offendee’s camping fees. As a result, once night falls, it’s pin drop quiet.
Warning: we’ve camped here both in June 2009 and 2010 and the mosquitoes were HORRIBLE. Normally, we’re totally green campers, but we had to march back into town, buy a can of «Yard Guard» nuke the place, then spend an hour inside the car having a beer, until the mosquitoes were all dead. The base of the tent camping area is next to a creek, so that’s why, I suppose.
If you tent camp, you might want to get the most secluded spots up on top the hill, so if you have to go number 1 in the middle of the night, you can find a secluded group of trees to do your business. Otherwise, you’re in for a long hike to the john.
Also, this place is pretty far up in elevation. My traveling partner only brought her «Summer Sleeping bag» rated to only 45 the first year, and she froze. I recommend bringing your long johns and winter sleeping bag.
We’d start off in the early morning in big fleece jackets, long underwear, hats, but by noon, we’d be stripped back down to shorts, t’s and sandals. Wacky weather around Leadville.

This campground is a convenient location for exploring Leadville or the nearby mountains. I am usually loathe to stay at RV Parks since I tent camp, but they have a very nice tent section that is set apart from the RV part.
At $ 30 for the night, I thought that was a bit steep, but there aren’t a lot of options that I’m aware of (besides nearby forest service campgrounds)
The bathrooms and shower were very clean. They advertised an ice cream social — forget the price, but for under $ 3 you could bring your bowl and spoon for all you can eat ice cream.
The store had a nice selection of random souvenirs and camping essentials (bug spray, marshmallows, etc)