best national forest campgrounds in sw Co

[rollout]

Planning a trip to southwest Co. Would like to do a lot of camping in the National Forest campgrounds. But which ones? Need suggestions as to the best ones you have visited.

[Phoenix]

There are lots of great places in the Colorado Rockies. See my comments on boondocking near Wolf Creek Pass in this recent post:

http://www.airforums.com/forums/f48/...tml#post875525

We also stayed at the KOA in Durango, which had a new swimming pool. They had lots of activities for families and kids, including evening movies and a wagon ride around the campground that doubled as a shuttle bus. Durango, Silverton and Ouray have lots of things to do:

Check out the Durango/Silverton Railway, the Old 100 Gold Mine Tour and white water rafting. Also, excellent fishing in the summer, and skiing at Purgatory in the winter. It's a college town, so lots of neat little shops and restaurants in the old downtown area. And, it's cool there!

[AZ-JH]

Haviland Lake campground is beautiful. If you go there during off season, you may be able to snag a site with electric or one of the few sites overlooking the lake. Some pics of our Haviland Lake campsite are on Flikr:
Durango 2009-05 - a set on Flickr

[Denis4x4]

Middle Mountain at Vallicito, Junction Creek and anything in LaPlata Canyon. Call the Durango Land Center 970-247-4874 and ask for a free camping guide for the San Juan NF. This guide covers USFS campgrounds from Wolf Creek Pass to the Utah border and north to Silverton and Rico.

[mojo]

Here's the list of NF campgrounds in the area.
USDA Forest Service, San Juan National Forest - Campground Status

[rollout]

that list of campgrounds looks good. Thanks.
Donna

[GettinAway]

We camped in Amphatheatre (sorry I butchered the spelling) Campground near Ouray, CO several years ago. We loved it.
We were in a pop-up back then, but the site would have handled our Bambi without a problem.
It is a beautiful part of Colorado.

Jeff