Shavano Wildlife Management Area

We stayed one night. Beautiful views. We arrived around noon. Plenty of spaces. Rained off and on. The road was rutted but our 22ft motorhome made it easily. Just 10 minutes away is a 24/7 days a week dump Station ($12) and Free water at Poncha Springs visitor center. Verizon cell service was good enough for me to Zoom at 5:00 ... more

Loved staying the night here. Quiet, decent amount of space between sites, lots of available spots on a random Monday night.
No issues getting to it with a 170 Sprinter.

Arrived late, left early. Quiet and great star gazing

Secluded camping location with a great view. A little windy during our stay but other than the wind my group thoroughly enjoyed staying here and would be more than willing to stay again.

Stayed during June 2020 - Great place to create a temporary base. Cell service (Verizon) was good on the east side; however, we were using a jetpack and would get throttled in the evening and weekends. Rough road to get up to the spots, but worth the slow drive.

The side with the view of the mountains was beautiful, although windy and a bit hot. The other side is more for sunset views. Some of the areas have nice trees you can pull in through. Most sites are spaced apart nicely and very private. We heard the cows but they didn’t walk through our site. Yes, the road is rough. But we di... more

Nasty washboard entrance road, steep and has ruts but it is wide. Large area at top of hill for all size rigs but really long rigs may not want to make the drive up the road. Scout ahead. Beautiful views, second to none. Had 3 bars with Booster Verizon.

I stayed for 14 days and would highly recommend this location. that said, the single downside to this location is the road is a bit rocky and rough going in. I drove at 2mph and was very passible if you drive slow. it is a large area with many sites separated from each other and only minutes from Salida.

First, I would definitely stay here again; however the road in was a mix of deep washboard and chunky rocks in the road with potholes and deep ruts. I have a Hymer Aktiv van which has about 5-6 inches of clearance underneath (yes I know it's awful and need to get it lifted) and was able to make it up fine but I took it slow. Once yo... more

I think I was just spoiled with our last boon docking spot that had a beautiful running creek. There are plenty spots here to camp and the road is doable for a big rig if you’re taking it slow. Salida is close by at least for the necessities.