Cherry Creek State Park Campground

It is obvious that staff really care about this campground. It is neat as pin, maintained constantly without bothering customers, wi-fi is strong with multiple routers. Spaces are wide apart and thoughtfully designed. There is noise from nearby Parker Rd but it is not objectionable. There is an added park use fee to the rate shown in this review.

This was one of the nicer places we stayed on our 21 day trip. All of the campsites here are spacious and clean and you will have lots of room between your site and your neighbors. Our campsite was a cement pad with a gravel area for our table and fire ring. This place is pretty busy, with lots of bicyclists and boaters using the park. It was not super busy when we were here mid-week. Staff were super friendly and you could tell they took very good care of this place. This is a fairly convenient location, being about a 20 minute drive from Denver when traffic is good. Would definitely stay here again.

Let me start by saying that this park is lovely. It is basically an urban park right on the edge of the city but it doesn't really feel like it. Water, electric, and sewer at the pull-through site made it super convenient. Not much to dislike about this park...except the fees. When I booked the site on the Colorado park website I ended up paying $41/night. When I arrived, I was informed that there is an additional $9 per day park fee that had to be paid. Or we could purchase an annual pass for $80. We are not Coloradans and probably won't get back this year so we opted for the daily rate. I get the need to have a day fee for the parks. Maintaining these areas (which they do really well) is not cheap and I'm happy to pay that fee for day use. However, I choke a little on paying a day use fee on top of an already pretty strong daily camping rate for a state park. I'm not sure I would stay here again for $49/day but the park is very nice. I hope this doesn't make me sound too "curmudgeon-ey"...I'm really not.

The sites are large and many have shade. The bathrooms are newly built and extremely nice and clean, however there were no soap dispensers not soap. I feel strongly that campground bathrooms need to have soap, but especially during the summer of 2020 they should have soap or hand sanitizer. Coin operated showers were clean and well designed. The lake is nice but highly used (not good water for paddleboarding due to speedboats- even at sunrise and sunset). We couldn’t swim due to high levels of blue and green algae.
The park also charges a parking fee of $11 per day. I paid $28 a night for my dry campsite plus another $11 a day to park my rv on my campsite that I already paid for. It was frustrating when family came to hang out and had to pay too.
The many paths in the park are nice and well maintained but little shade on most of them.
I’d have enjoyed it more if the parking fee was less and they had soap in the bathroom.

Great space between sites. Convenient to Denver. Dog off-leash area fun even if you don’t have a dog. Creek runs through and families were playing in it. Didn’t go to swim beach this time bc last year it was crowded and a mess with dog poop everywhere on the shore. You can also rent kayaks, paddle boards, and motor boats when it’s not Covid.