The great outdoors is calling...are you and your family ready to listen?  No matter if you are a complete camping novice or a seasoned outdoor enthusiast, Colorado has some of the best camping around.  With many affordable and family-friendly locations to camp in Colorado (some just down the road) you really have no reason to not get outdoors!  Here are some of our favorites.

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Chatfield Reservoir
When visitors see Chatfield’s beautiful rolling foothills, expansive reservoir and abundant wildlife, they can’t believe the park is located just outside the Denver metro area. Their campground has full service sites available offering water, sewer and electric hookups or sites with electric only. Over thirty sites have new detached tent pads.   cpw.state.co.us

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Cherry Creek Reservoir
Easy to get to and with year-round camping available, Cherry Creek is great place for a quick week end trip or longer excursion.  Their campground boasts deluxe full hook-up sites as well as basic tent sites.  Showers and laundry facilities are also available.  cpw.state.co.us

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Jellystone Park™ 
Right down the road in Larkspur is a Yogi Bear™ themed, family-oriented, pet-friendly private RV park and campground. Located north of Monument and south of Castle Rock right off I-25.  In addition to camping they have many guest activities including disc golf!  Jellystonelarkspur.com

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Eleven Mile
With nine separate campground areas, Eleven Mile provides a very wide range of outdoor experiences.  From full hookup sites with electricity to more secluded non-electric back country sites, you will find a great place to enjoy the outdoors with the family.  cpw.state.co.us

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Golden Gate Canyon
Only a short drive north, Golden Gate Canyon offers such amenities as electrical hook-ups and tent-sites in two different campgrounds, stocked fishing ponds, picnic sites and the Panorama Point Scenic Overlook, where visitors can see 100 miles of the Continental Divide.   
cpw.state.co.us

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5 Must Follow Tips

Change your clothes (especially your socks) before you get into the sleeping bag.  Fresh dry clothes will keep you warmer at night while you sleep.

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At night, put your food in the car...not your tent.  Critters love a midnight snack and you don’t want them waking you up to eat.

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Dry ice in the bottom of your cooler will keep your ice from melting and help stop the “food soup” that your cooler usually ends up with.

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Put a magnesium spark tool and dryer lint in a zipper lock style plastic bag to keep it dry.  Very light and handy when matches aren’t available

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Make a “camping box” and fill it with everything you need - plates, cups, matches, toilet paper, etc.  Makes packing for your trip easy...it’s already done!

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