Elk Creek Campground

OK campground.
Disclaimer: We stayed in mid September, so weather is probably consistent with the season.
Very windy and no real break from it. Very few trees. We stayed in the D loop which has electric only. $14.00 ($8.00 without electric) a night with National Park pass. Sites were paved with good access. Not super level, but not too far off. Saw a few mule deer in the morning. We didn't stay due to the weather, 27* in the morning and mid to upper 60's in the afternoon. Really didn't take advantage of the reservoir as planned.
It is worth the small fee and we would stay again.

To clear up any confusion from previous reviews... Elk Creek has 4 loops, 3 are dry camping only (A, B, & C -$16 a night) and 1 has electric only (D - 30 amp and 50 amp - $22 a night). Loops A and D can be reserved online, B & C are FCFS, and it's clear that loop D is the newest with the largest, most spacious, and very easy to access sites (C looks to be the most cramped). There is any easy to access dump station with separate rinse and drinking water prior to entering the campground, and they also provide dumpsters and bathrooms.
Larger RVs will fit into some of the campsites (don't believe the online map indicating site size with squares, triangles, and circles), and the reservation website seemed to provide accurate site length information. We just fit with our towing truck tucked perpendicular under the nose of the trailer, but we could not open our garage (we would have damaged the scrub plants, etc).

The sites are well spaced, and while there aren't any trees, it felt fairly private to us. The surrounding reservoir and mesas are nice scenery, and the campground is close to a number of nearby hikes with an easy drive to downtown Gunnison. The campground was very quiet with a few generators starting a little early some mornings. The only drawback for us was 0 cell service through T-Mobile (the booster couldn't help us). Though we heard from other campers that AT&T worked and Verizon was spotty.

Family of 5 + dog, 35’ travel trailer, reservations.gov specified we booked full hookups, arrived on site May 13 and camp ranger told us they’ve never had full hookups. No shade, no view, one new ranger told us showers were in each bath house and has been turned on last week. Older grumpy ranger corrected him and said they were inoperable due to frozen pipes. Needless to say we didn’t even stay, went to The Tall Taxan 20 mins into Gunnison which was a Wonderful private campground with excellent facilities. Only positive is fully paced and if you’re a boater.

We were here mid-April, before the summer season opens, and had wonderful luck with the weather. Plenty of sites available with electric hookups in Loop D, including pull-throughs. Other loops were dry camping only and virtually empty . Sites are paved and reasonably level. Dramatic views of the mountains. Convenient to the reservoir for fishing and to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison for hiking. Took a day trip up to Crested Butte. Off season rates in Loop D are $20 ($10 for those with a national park pass). The park service let us choose and tag our site, but they apparently don’t remove expired site tags. Check sites with tags but no RVs as they may be available. Note that this is a dead area for cell phone service. We had to drive into Gunnison to check email and messages.

So far we like the campground. A little bit of trash here and there and it doesn't look like there are any camp hosts here yet. Still in the off season the price is 14 for electric site. They have 20,30&50 amp hookups. Our pedestal looks to be very new also so that's a plus. The dry camping loop is only $8 a night right now in the off season. Easy access of hey 50 and a lake view. Only negative is cell reception is just ok. No 4G or LTE on Verizon or att.