Pine Point Campground

We had a blast at this campground. The camp host Gene was great and everything was clean. Big sites with lots of room to set up and good shade. Just water supply (no electricity) Easy access to vallecito reservoir which is gorgeous and great for SUP. Mountain biking options out of the campsite. Highly recommend this place

Our rig is 35' long

We had a great experience at this campground. Would definitely recommend. Camp host Eric is very friendly and keeps the sites super clean. The lake is your backyard, can’t get much better than that. Note: You have to drive about 3 to 4 miles on a dirt road to get to the campground. We experienced both loud and quiet days so that’s hit or miss.

This is one of three FS campgrounds on the east side of Vallecitos Reservoir. The CO camping guide books I had listed this as the most scenic of the three. They were right. The lake is about 14 miles north of Bayfield, CO on Highway 501. Once you reach the lake, it splits into 501A heading east around the lake. After a mile it becomes a gravel road known as FS603. It's about 3 miles to Pine Point. You pass Graham Creek and North Canyon campground first.

We pulled in here on the Tuesday after Labor Day. Only about 4 other sites were occupied including the host. The traffic flow is one way thru but many of the sites are back-ins with the angle opposite what you'd want. I suspect many ignore the signs unless they have very small rigs. A fairly good number of sites large enough for RV (40' max according to FS). There are 5-6 sites with excellent lake views but come at a premium $25 versus the standard $22. They give half off for Golden Age pass holders. The campground was very well maintained (the host raked each site after it was vacated), tables, fire rings, plenty of water spigots, clean vault toilets, and trash receptacles.

We were extremely lucky and found the best site in the campground vacant - #18. It was long, level, easy to back into and had uninterrupted lake views from our back and off-side door. Loved it so much we stayed 6 nights. Quiet, lots of wild life including deer, wild turkeys, grouse (we think), and free range cattle. Hiking trails were supposedly in the area but we only found 1 by accident. Fire wood available for purchase but plenty around for scavenging even that late in the season.

We had no cell service with T-mobile, but speaking with others ATT and Verizon did have service at least for voice.

This is an excellent campground.

It’s not too big, not too small, but just right. Just about any type of camper would enjoy it. From tent campers to large busses. When I was here in the summer of 2018 the lake, which is actually a reservoir, was empty. It wqs nice to return and see it full!

The campground literally is on the shore of the lake. Most spots are nicely level.

There is water, and standard vault toilets, there is no electric.

I had two to three bars of verizon.

The road in was abnormally wide, hard packed gravel and not rutted. Any vehicle could make it.

The lake/campground is about 30 miles from Durango, a popular mountain town. There are a couple smaller general stores on the lake, where you could pick up a few supplies. There are numerous restaurants on the other side of the lake.

There are several FS campgrounds on the lake, all on the easter shore, but this one felt best overall, although they are all quite nice.

There is a host on site. Closes for the season this year I think he said 9/9/2019.

I did not stay, but drove the entire campground for the purpose of adding to the Campendium knowledge base.