Aspen Grove Campground

Aspen Grove is a dry camping loop in Curt Gowdy State Park. The park is a hiker's or mountain biker's dream. The campground sits on a mountain top at 7300'. It sits between Cheyenne 25 miles to the east and Laramie 25 miles to the west. Getting here requires some long ascents and I saw a few pickups towing fifth wheels on the side of the road with radiators steaming.

We saw many Avid Adventure groups of 13 or more and many campers from other loops using the day use area here as starting points for trail adventures. So the site is beautiful, and far less crowded than the other loops, but people and vehicles are constantly going by.

We enjoyed riding our Lectric e-bikes on the nice roads in the park and some of the tamer trails.

This is also the equestrian loop, although we only saw one group using the corral to exercise their horses overnight before rushing out the next morning.

Getting level here takes patience and determination as these spots slope upward and sideways toward the campground entrance.

We have no Verizon service, but our Verizon wifi with Starlink was outstanding.

Bring a few packs of mouse traps. We just tossed numbers 6 and 7 in the trash this morning.

We boondock, usually half of every month. Paying for it here was a bit of a hard pill to swallow, especially right next door to Medicine Bow National Forest. We chose to pay this time to ensure a spot after a long travel leg, but we would not pay for dry camping here again.