Shady Creek RV Park

There are very few campgrounds in this area of Colorado that have cell service, which is why we chose this campground. The Grand Mesa is about 15 minutes away but there is no cell service. Oh how I wish we could have camped there instead.

This is basically a gravel backyard with about 10 sites 3 of which are permanent trailers. There is decent room between each site and the hookups are fine, but again...you are in someone's backyard. The owners were nice enough and it's within walking distance to the downtown area. Those qualities alone are not enough to recommend this campground. The other campground in town looks very dusty and is on someone's back 40 acres. I would prefer Shady Creek over that campground.

There is one washer and one dryer on site, but the rules posted all around are little overwhelming. A few sites back up to a creek, the other back up to someone else backyard.

PROS:
It's one of two campgrounds in the area

CONS:
It is a backyard..with gravel
They play TAPS through loudspeakers at 7pm each night. It's LOUD.
Backyard.

We spent a month here because we needed a place to get some packages delivered and do some maintenance and chores we had been neglecting. Also this was a part of Colorado we had never visited and it looked like there was lots to do in the area, which there was.
The park is strange in that yes, it is in someone's backyard. We wanted a creekside site, which was $400 plus electric for the month, but it was so unlevel we didn't have enough blocks to raise the front end high enough. So we ended up with the site right next to the small building housing a washer, dryer, shower and toilet for $375, which we thought was quite reasonable. There is no sink in the bathroom, a little strange and also unsanitary, but the shower was great and we used it every day we were there. The washer and dryer didn't seem to get much use and there are only 15 sites, many of which were empty much of the time we were there, so doing a load of laundry here and there was very convenient.There are a lot of signs posted in the laundry room and shower about cleaning up after yourself and not stealing the park's toilet paper and cleaning products.I kind of got the feeling the owners didn't really like for people to use the bathroom.
Having said that, though, the owners were quite friendly and aren't crazy about renting to families with kids so it was very quiet. I think there were three families there for just a few days each the entire month. No campfires are allowed, another plus. We met several couples who come and stay for several months each summer and love it there. They did not get a lot of one or two night stays, probably because the price is too high ($35-40) in our opinion.
Yes, they play a loud recording of Taps at 8 each night. Some of the guests would go out and stand at attention every evening. It bothered us at first but we got used to hearing it, strange as it was.
What we liked most was the ability to walk to anyplace in town, the Surface Creek trail just a few blocks away, and Grand Mesa just 20 minutes up the road for hiking, biking and much cooler temperatures.
The park has wifi but it was hit and miss as it is in most RV parks so we used our own.

When we first found this park we found it a little strange that is in someone's backyard. After talking to the owners and hearing all the great parks in the area we decided to give it a try. So glad we did, this is our second time here and the owners are great people they are friendly and helpful very knowledgeable about the area. Yes Cathy, the owner, plays taps every night that is not a big deal to us. I think it is very patriotic and after getting to know her you will understand why she does this. I highly recommend a stay here for one night or more. We have been treated like family and will be back here in the future.

This is a well located small park. You can walk to Main Street. It is a small park with many long term campers. Mature trees provide good shade. We stayed here in May before the Grand Mesa campgrounds opened. We use this as a base to explore Gran Mesa.