Today in our 219th Colorado campground video we will take you on a tour of Vallecito Campground
and help you choose a great campsite.
This is our sixth and final campground from Lake Vallecito about 20 miles northeast of
Durango.
Vallecito Campground is several miles from the lake yet it is one of the closest campgrounds
to the Vallecito marina.
There are 80 campsites in four loops including some with electric hookups.
Prices range from $24 per night to $32 per night.
All right here we are at the Vallecito Campground.
We're gonna go into the Wapiti Loop
Number one on the right.
Two is the pull-through on the left.
There's trailhead parking behind two.
There's number three on our left
Let's see anybody up in this one.
I'm glad I switched out the memory card it's going to be a big one.
Pop-up should be number four
Site #5 with the truck on my left
Electrical hookups available here.
Site six.
Pull through
Seven pull through on the right
Eight was on the left.
Nine is on the left.
Here's a look at ten.
It's just a pull-off with the fire ring and the picnic table up in the clearing.
Got a water spigot
Site number 11 on the right.
A little surprised at how many empty sites there are.
There's 12 on the right
A little Yorkie
That was 13 on the left
14 left
Restrooms right
16 on the right.
It's a pull through with electric
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You make a reservation and find out upon arrival that there is an outhouse next to the tent
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Here are the what i would consider the best campsites at Vallecito Campground.
Vallecito Creek is over here on the right side of the road and here in a moment we'll
come up on some campsites that are on the right side of the road that back up against
the creek.
B1.
B2. we've got the river (creek) on the right.
B2 was a pull-through
B3 on our left it's a short back in.
B5 on our left and somebody's up there.
Did you see what that was on the right might have been six but I wasn't paying close attention?
six is on the right
seven on the left
Somebody's dinner smells good.
Eight left.
Nine right.
Nine's got the river behind it.
Ten as well on the right.
B11 on our left here
B12 pull through
We've got four cars in there
No parking here looks like we got a trail
That might be the trail that the uh has a trailhead parking outside the campground.
On our left B13
14 left
15 right that's a big site.
I don't know which way to go
This must be the chipmunk loop let's check it out
C1 is on the right.
C2 in the front turning off to the left
That's the second all green jeep I've seen today.
Green fenders.
Green top.
C3
Water spigot on the left outside of C5
C4 is on the right
C6 C7 also right
C9 pull through
C8 on the left
We're in C10 another pull-through site
Really shaded here
C11 will be on the left
C12 on the right
Didn't catch a number on that but I'm guessing it was 13.
There's 14 pull through.
Bathrooms right across that one
C15 right side
Coming out of the Chipmunk Loop looking at
C1
All right so we're back on the B loop we've got B17 on the right.
Restrooms and water spigot on the left.
B18 left
Got a pull-through site which is going to be B19.
B20 left side
B21.
B21 is a long one on the left
B23 right
B 22 was on the left
What do we have back here?
Oh, the Deer Loop
Let's go check out the Deer Loop
D1 left. D3 pull-through on the right. D2 left. D4 black car left. D5 was the white truck on
the right.
Restrooms
No dogs in toilet. Why would someone put a dog in the toilet? D6 a little pull through loop. Short one. D7
going to the right
On our left was D8 pickup and a small camper. Water on the
right.
D9 left
D10 is a pull-through on the left. Short pull through but I guess it's not short it's
just tight if you're pulling a trailer. D11 right
D12 was a long one on the left
Restrooms
D13 long one left
D14 is the Fury
D15 on the right
That was a pull through. D16 left. Water station across from it.
What you got on the right there?
I don't see a number. D17 all right that was D17 on the right. I missed what was on the
left
all right back to the B loop
left
b26 right water station left
b27 was the fifth wheel in the pull-through on the right
b28 left
This motorhome that's turned sideways is b29 on the left the motorhome sideways is b30
gonna pull through b31
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And let's go check out the trailhead parking here
I think that's gonna be it.
Horse trailer parking & trailer parking left vehicle parking right
This is the parking lot that's behind that first loop that we went
through
At 7,800 feet Vallecito Lake is the largest body of water at this elevation or higher
in Colorado. When full the lake surface covers 4.3 square miles or about 2,700 acres. There
are no boat ramps on the east side of the lake which is where the majority of the campgrounds
are. The marina and boat ramp is on the west side of the lake. In addition to the six US
Forest Service campgrounds there are three commercial RV campgrounds, over a dozen lodging
properties, and four restaurants in the recreation area surrounding the lake. Vallecito Lake also
serves as an access point to the Weminuche Wilderness.
All right thanks for watching! Have a blessed day!