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But, after a week of moochdocking, we needed power, water, a dump station and laundry. This place checked those boxes. The resort has recently been upgraded, which is obvious. It's clean and everything works. They have a staff which is visible all day, cleaning and making sure all is in order. The laundry is clean, and all the machines work. There is community space and a rec area for kids. Not one but two dog areas. We felt out of place, with our battle-scarred EarthRoamer, amidst Newmars and Airstreams. But everyone is super nice and friendly.
We've been able to ride out a multi-day rainstorm, charge up the batteries, do laundry and empty the waste tanks. An added bonus is that there are a number of great restaurants a short walk away. It's worth noting this does NOT include Anderson's Split Pea, which has been in. Downward spiral for a decade.
Pro tip: the Friday BBQ at Flying Flags is pretty damn good.

Between Christmas and New Years we needed a place to hang out, this place filled the bill. It was mostly empty, and very quiet. No services, other than pit toilets. Enough cell service to stay in touch. Some hiking, although it appears to be a popular climbing place.
We really liked this place.

We plan many of our trips through the Southwest with a stopover in VOG. Why? It's a large area, and offers many places to camp. You can camp right next to the road, or far off the road, depending on how crowded it is, and how adventurous you might be. There are some nice spots that are far off the road, but you have to look for them. Some appear to be two-tracks leading nowhere. There are a number of places large enough for small groups to camp together, three or four vehicles. There are NO facilities, so be aware. You can get water at the gas station/trading post in Bluff. The road does get a surprising amount of traffic, so if you are camped next to it, you will get dusty, and hear cars, trucks and motorcycles all day.
In certain spots, you can get 5 bars of AT&T, in other spots, nothing.

Our plans changed and instead of heading to Utah, we needed to stick around the Front Range so I could catch a flight to California early this week. The idea of duking it out for a campsite on the Front Range was unappealing, but at the last minute I remembered the Camp Dick campground. I've ridden my bike past the campground hundreds of times, but had never stayed there. There is an upper and lower campground, we drove past the lower and stayed almost at the end of the upper campground. Much to my surprise, we had 3 bars of Verizon during the day and 4 at night. I was able to get some work done, which was nice. The campsites are large, and very clean. The camp hosts have done a great job of keeping this place clean and well maintened. They don't go to great lengths to monitor problems. We had one family with a dog that barked 24/7. The dog was tied to a picnic table and left for almost 3 days and barked at everything that moved.
There are a couple of great hiking trails nearby, and the fishing in the St. Vrain is good. We will be back.

This campground is well cared for and heavily used. It’s worth noting that many of the upstream sites are far above the river, with a steep drop, therefore not accessible. If being close to the river is important, be downstream of site 14 or 15. Sites are large. Also, sites upstream of 06 or so are fairly close to the highway, which is surprisingly busy.
The camp hosts do a good job of keeping the place in good shape.
There is zero cell coverage.

We've stayed here several times, until this year, we'd be the only people in the campground. The camp host was super nice and happy to have someone in camp. We recently arrived to find the campground mostly full. We grabbed one of the last remaining spots and watched people circle the small loop until well into the evening. People on ATVs who were staying at the nearby corral did circles around camp constantly.
The pit toilets were dirty, poorly maintained and chronically out of toilet paper.
The camp host, who appeared to be 15, was reluctant to enforce any sort of decorum, so some sites had trash and food scattered all over. People were tearing branches off of live trees to get firewood, despite firewood being available for $6.
When 7 cars full of people arrived to take one site, and they were so intoxicated as to be unable to assemble a tent, we left. I doubt we'll be back soon.

This campground is a gem. We intended to stay overnight, wound up staying for three. Campground is super clean and well-tended (given BLM budgets). The campground host was great and takes great care of this place. Spectacular sunsets! We will return!

We needed to post up for a couple of weeks so my wife could attend to some family affairs, so we found this campground after a short search. It is 4 or 5 miles from Mesa. The campground is extremely well run. Every site has water and power. The bathrooms and showers are clean and well maintained. We've seen bobcats, coyotes and roadrunners. There are many hiking trails nearby as well as places to ride bikes. This has been a real gem. Note: there is a large gun range not far away, You WILL hear gunfire, constantly. If you stay at the southern end of the campground, it's less noticeable.

We stayed here for almost a week last summer. A country road runs through the middle of the campground, but is lightly travelled. The campground host was friendly and helpful and helped us find the ideal spot for us to camp. There isn't a lot (any) shade, other than one spot next to the restrooms, so come prepared to provide your own. There is about 300m of river access for fishing. There is a trashcan and a couple of bathrooms here, but no water. Cell service is adequate, I worked the entire time we were here. The county road extends above and beyond the campground and provides an opportunity for riding bikes or easy hiking. There is also a hiking trail nearby.

We had mechanical problems and were trying to find someplace to spend the night; on Fourth of July weekend. Yep. We were resigned to our first-ever stay at the WalMart when I remembered a buddy saying there was a campground just off Hwy 50 near the tiny town of Cimarron. We pulled off to see. On the Saturday of the 4th of July weekend, more the half the campsites were vacant. The campground is clean, well maintained and next to the Cimarron River. Although it's only a mile to the Black Canyon, but there are no real services here, so there seems to be less of an attraction. The visitor center is closed, due to lack of funding. The camp host was friendly and on the ball. There are no hookups, but there is water in the campground and clean well-maintained toilets (with running water). You can walk or drive to the Morrow Point Dam, and you can fish in the Gunnison at the end of the road (a mile).
It's very close to Montrose. We'll come back for a quiet weekend away from town.