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Aspen Campground (Pike – San Isabel)

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Things To Do

Jefferson Lake is one of the most popular summer destinations in Park County, offering fishing and boating at a pretty lake within an easy drive of the Denver area. The Aspen Campground is one of three in the area below the lake. As the name suggests, the 12 sites are located in aspen groves in a valley along Jefferson Creek. Amenities include picnic tables, vault toilets, and drinking water. The campground can accommodate RVs 25 feet long or shorter.

Camping can be a blast, but when you’re sick, it can feel like the opposite. So it was for my wife when she discovered, one day into a three-day camping trip here, that she had a violent stomach flu. Getting sick all night is never any fun, but when all you have is a foul-smelling latrine, it is much worse. We went home early.

Pro Tips

  • The camping fee is $16 per night and reservations are recommended, especially on weekends.
  • Jefferson Lake, a few miles from the campground offers spectacular fishing from shore or by boat (no-wake boats only.) Catches include rainbow, brown, mackinaw, and brook trout.
  • Hikers can walk the short loop around the lake or, for more adventure, hop on the Colorado Trail or the West Jefferson Loop Trail, which makes an 11-mile loop high on the Continental Divide.
  • Recommended season(s): May – September.

    —R. Scott Rappold



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