Bear Creek Lake Park Campground

This is a great campground and I’ve stayed here several times over several years and never had a problem with anyone until this year‘s camp post gave me grief about my dog as I’m trying to walk my dog and he tells me that he wins all arguments, and that he is the ruler of this campground. I’m seriously thinking about never coming back here again if they keep this guy around.

Pros:
- great location for exploring Denver
- beautiful sunset

Cons:
- SO MANY FOXTAILS which can be deadly to dogs, and my site was covered in them. They're also everywhere throughout the campground. So if you have dogs I would not use this more than a stopover to recharge.
- Highway noise was very loud if outside rig

Cell: you're in the middle of a city, both AT&T and Verizon worked just fine

I travelled here with a 35’ 5th wheel, long bed pickup and parked in the site #20, an electric only, BI site for $35/night. Bear Creek is a great park with lots of activities for families and others to do including a beach, non-motorized boating, bicycling, hiking, archery, and horseback riding. Roads are asphalt and the campsites are gravel. The campground is totally open with no real shade. It was easy to navigate and I had no problems backing into my site. It was a little bit sloped side to side, one board leveled the rig. There is constant highway noise but it isn’t horrible. Sites are moderately spaced so you don’t feel like you are on top of one another. There was a playground immediately behind my site which would make it great for a family with small kids. One odd thing about the campground is that the water station is totally separate from the dump station and is on the opposite side of the CG. I needed to fill my tank so I ended up going around the campground twice to dump my tanks (I had been in a dry campground previously), get water and then get into my site from the right direction. I had 4 bars 5G Verizon coverage, loads of OTA channels (80+) and no wifi. Bathhouse was clean with two separate individual showers. You had to pay $1 for 5 minutes. Rangers are very visible and cruise through the CG often. Felt safe even though it is a heavily used park. NOTE: GPS tried to take me in the afterhours gate. You need to find the main entrance to the park which is off Morrison Road. I would definitely stay here again.

I tried for a few weeks to get a couple night here but was only able to get one. I understand why. It is a nice place but it is really the only CG worth staying at in the area. Surprising to me because I would think this area would have lots of CGs.
Getting off on the wrong foot the GPS tried to bring me in off of 470 where a large DO NOT ENTER sign was. So I had to continue on and pull over to figure out how to get in. The entrance off of 8 is the correct entrance. Once you go through the gate there is a 2 mile windy road to get to the CG. Turns out the entrance I originally was brought to is only for campers to use after hours.
A little pricey for what you get IMO. But like I said it is the only game in town. Sites are level with new electric hookups. No water or sewer at your site. One water spigot and one sewer dump in different locations. There was a firepit and picnic table along with a nice sized gravel patio. You are in the suburbs of Denver so internet was good. There is considerable noise that can be hear from 470. This road does seem quite busy.
There are pit toilets if you like to use them. The roads are paved and in good condition. A park Ranger is on duty and drives around quite a bit. The park itself looks nice and has a few lakes that were busy when I was there on the weekend.

This campground is within a city park with two lakes that you can put a boat in or go swimming, they have horse stables, an archery range and lots of trails for bikes and walking with easy access to Denver only 20 minutes away. Also only 10 minutes to red rocks amphitheater and great hiking trails. It’s so nice I bought an annual pass and will go back again in September on my way back to Mexico for the winter.

Bear Creek Lake was a great spot to camp and see the surrounding area. The sites are large, fairly level, and gravel. There isn’t a ton of vegetation between sites, but there is grass, and they leave most of the greenery intact around the park while still leaving areas to walk a dog. There is a fair amount of spacing between sites, and we really enjoyed the privacy after a few weeks spent in commercial parks. Sites are electric only (some are 30amp, others 50amp, & their booking website makes that clear), and while there are drinking water spigots around, there is an RV fill station and a separate dump station.
We arrived on a Sunday and couldn’t believe the crowds around the lake, the full archery area, or all the cyclists, so while the CG is set in the back of the park, it allows access to all the great park features while keeping the CG away from it all and quite serene. The camp hosts are kind, helpful, and keep the place looking pristine. While they don’t offer WiFi, our Verizon service was excellent without the booster. The CG also offers bathrooms and coin op showers, but we didn’t use either.
While I see some people have complained about noise, we had no issues (yes the occasional engine from the nearby drag strip or car speeding down the highway but nothing constant), and we slept with our windows open every night. I also see complaints about the visible Home Depot, and again, to us this is silly…. Yes, you can see the Home Depot, but it’s also far enough away, I didn’t register it after seeing it the first day. Needless to say, we don’t share either of these concerns. We used their spigots to fill our drinking jugs, and their water definitely has a bit of an off taste (we’d bring our own next time), and we experienced a number of low-voltage errors during our stay.
$35 a night for electric-only is on the pricier side for us, but for the area, it’s pretty reasonable. This is a really nice and well cared for CG in a peaceful setting with lots of outdoor activities, and we will definitely stay again.

We stayed here for a night on our way to Breckenridge. We were is site 33, which was the only one available. Overall, the park is nice, with great views and helpful park rangers and staff. There are a lot of hiking and biking trails, as well as a beach and several other activities. Our site had a 50 AMP hookup, but none of the sites have water or dump. There is a central fill station and dump station. Our site was not level and our auto-leveling system could not get us level. This was our first trip in our Class A so we didn’t have blocks or pads to help us manually level. However, we did just fine for the night. I would definitely recommend the park for one or two days; especially if you were attending a concert or event at Red Rocks!

This is a city park . It’s like 30 minutes from downtown Denver .we have family in Denver so that is great . The sites are big ! I am so tired of the rv parks that shove you in like sardines! This feels wide open . You can feel the wind if it gets gusty , but it’s not horrible. Each site comes with a nice table and fire ring . We stayed at an electric only site , but we saw a water station on the way in. They have trails and a beach in this park and we also passed a stable with horses. Definitely will stay again