Spruce Creek - Estes Park, CO

SPRUCE CREEK RV PARK

RUN BY:  Private

LOCATION:  Estes Park, CO

Utilities:  Water and Electric (30-50A)

COST:  at least $50-65 

OUR RATING (1-5):  I-3

NOTES:  If you like the commercial campgrounds where you neighbor is probably no more than 20+ feet away and you're camped on a small diagonal strip of bare ground, then you'll love this place.  I'm not meaning to be mean, but this isn't our style. Our grandson was visiting and we were taking him back to Alabama after the season finished at Glacier. We wanted him to see Rocky Mt Nat'l Park but we couldn't get in any of the RMNP campgrounds.  We ended up here. It was quite pricy. I was thinking it was $50 a night but Pamela thinks it was closer to $65.  It is closer to the park entrance.

Environment: Totally open. No trees.  There is a stream on one side of the campground. The sites were grass except for the parking area. 

Amenities:  They had a camp store, showers, playground, miniature golf 

Phone Service:  Strong Verizon signal

Location:  In the city of Estes Park, CO.

Camping Population:  The camping population was very mixed.  There were some large groups but they may not have been local.  At this price I doubt that you are going to find many permanent residents. 

Sites:  Narrow strips. Flat. 

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RATING KEY: category - score

Categories:
I - established campgrounds where one might spend a vacation or several days

II - boondocking, dry camping where there are no designated sites and no amenities but

one might choose to stay for more than a night.

III - over-night areas

You must remember that we are scoring 1 thru 5 according to things which are important to us: the environment, cost, amenities, location, safety, camping population, site, phone service