Colorado Campground Recommendations

Just got back from a 2 week Colorado vacation and have 2 campground recommendations. We stayed at Lightner Creek CG near Durango and would highly recommend it. It is in a rural setting 4 miles outside Durango in a creek valley with steep wooded walls on both sides. It has nice shaded sites about 40' wide. The owners and camp hosts are very friendly and helpful and keep the restroom, showers and laundry immaculate. The only problem is the utilities are not set up very well and we had to use an extension for the sewer which they provided.

We stayed a week at Diamond Campground in Woodland Park. It is very shaded with many pines. It took me 5 tries to back in to our site trying to avoid the trees, but it was worth it once we got settled. Clara was appalled there was only 1 bath house for over 100 campsites, but the facilities were spotless and we never had to wait to use them. Turns out most of the campers were there for the full summer and used the facilities in their large motor homes or 5th wheelers.