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Laramie RV Resort

87 RV Sites, 8 Cabins, 7 Tent Sites

Laramie RV Resort in Laramie, Wyoming, offers 87 RV sites, eight cabins, and seven tent sites with a water park, fitness center, and library, carrying 20, 30, and 50-amp service for rigs up to 74 feet. Sites range from 30-amp back-ins to deluxe and premium pull-throughs with patios, on a big-rig-friendly property at 7,165 feet on the I-80 corridor. Eighty-seven sites run from 30-amp back-ins and water-and-electric pull-throughs to 20/30-amp pull-throughs, deluxe pull-throughs, and premium pull-throughs with patios, all sized to 74 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Eight cabins and seven tent sites round out the accommodations. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. There is no limit on the number of people included in a site rental and no charge for additional guests. The amenity set is unusually deep for a highway-corridor resort. A water park anchors warm-weather recreation, a fitness center and clubhouse run year-round, and a library and game room serve quieter hours. Billiards, a playground, and a dog park round it out, with a creek running the property. Pets are welcome. Laramie's altitude gives it cool summers when the Colorado Front Range is baking. The University of Wyoming sits in town, and the Snowy Range and Medicine Bow National Forest carry the alpine recreation that makes this one of the more underrated bases on I-80 between Cheyenne and Salt Lake City. Summer is peak for both the water park and the mountains. Reserve ahead for university event weekends, which tighten Laramie lodging considerably.

from $50/night

Jellystone Park™ Estes

62 RV Sites, 30 Cabins, 9 Tent Sites, 4 Cottages, 2 Lodges

Jellystone Park Estes in Estes Park, Colorado, offers 62 full-hookup RV sites, 36 cabin, cottage, and lodge units, and nine tent sites at the eastern gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 55 feet. Premium and small full-hookup categories join pull-through sites, with a pool, mini-golf, jumping pillow, and arcade. Sixty-two sites span full hookup, full hookup premium, full hookup small, full hookup small premium, and full hookup pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 55 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. The small-site categories right-size for compact rigs and vans rather than making them pay for space they cannot use. Thirty-six cabins, cottages, and lodges and nine tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Check-in is 1pm for campsites and 3pm for cabins, with checkout at 11am. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with mini-golf, a jumping pillow, arcade, game room, gaga ball, basketball, sports courts, golf cart rentals, walking trails, hiking, a playground, pavilion, and dog park filling the grounds. Fishing and picnicking run on site. Estes Park is one of the most sought-after mountain resort communities in the West, and the elevation keeps summers comfortable. Summer is the short, intense season at Rocky Mountain. Reserve well ahead for June through September.

from $39/night

Cheyenne Sky RV Park

69 RV Sites, 4 Tent Sites

Cheyenne Sky RV Park in Wyoming offers 69 RV sites and four tent sites at the crossroads of I-80 and I-25, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Full-hookup back-in and pull-through categories join an electric-only back-in tier, with mature cottonwood shade, a playground, dog park, and general store. Sixty-nine sites span back-in electric only, back-in full hookup, and pull-through full hookup categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with site WiFi, sized to 60 feet. Read the category carefully — the electric-only tier carries no water or sewer at the site and prices accordingly, which is a useful option for a self-contained overnight. Four tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, and restrooms handle the practical side. All guests check in at the main office and sign the terms — e-signature is encouraged in advance. A playground and dog park fill the grounds, with a golf course and a state park nearby. Pets are welcome. The cottonwood shade is worth calling out. Mature trees are a genuine rarity in the high-plains environment, and on a hot Wyoming afternoon the difference between a shaded site and an open one is substantial. Cheyenne sits where I-80 and I-25 meet, which makes it one of the most useful stops in the Mountain West, and the Wyoming State Capitol, the Cheyenne Depot Museum, and Curt Gowdy State Park are all close. Cheyenne Frontier Days in late July fills the entire city — reserve as early as you can for that week. Otherwise demand tracks interstate traffic, with summer the peak.

from $28/night

North Shore RV Park & General Store

8 RV Sites, 2 Cabins

North Shore RV and Store in Loveland, Colorado, provides a strategically located campground along US Highway 34 in the northern Front Range foothills, positioning guests at the eastern threshold of the Big Thompson River Canyon and within comfortable range of both the recreational lakes of Larimer County and the dramatic mountain terrain of Rocky Mountain National Park to the west. Serving as a practical gateway property for travelers transitioning between the Front Range urban corridor and the Rocky Mountain high country, the park combines solid utility infrastructure with an on-site general store that covers essential supply needs. Full hookup sites with water, electric, and sewer connections accommodate a range of RV sizes along the Highway 34 corridor, and the on-site general store functions as a one-stop resource for fuel, groceries, camping supplies, and the local information that first-time visitors to the canyon country need before heading into mountain terrain. The store's presence distinguishes North Shore from parks that require guests to drive to Loveland or Estes Park for resupply, a meaningful convenience for travelers arriving late or departing early in the mountain time window before weather changes. The northern Colorado Front Range landscape surrounding Loveland is defined by the dramatic transition from the flat Great Plains to the east and the suddenly vertical granite and gneiss peaks of the Colorado Front Range to the west—a transition that happens with a geological abruptness unusual even among mountain fronts. The Big Thompson River carves a steep, forested canyon through the hogbacks west of Loveland, following a drainage that has supported recreation, ranching, and water supply infrastructure for the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District for over a century. Boyd Lake and Carter Lake, two state parks within Loveland's immediate vicinity, provide warm-water fishing, boating, and camping that supplement the colder mountain recreation available farther west. Rocky Mountain National Park, accessible via the Fall River Road entrance at Estes Park approximately 30 miles west of Loveland via Highway 34, protects over 415 square miles of alpine tundra, glacial valleys, and high-elevation peaks that include Longs Peak, the northernmost fourteener in Colorado. The park's wildlife—elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep, moose, and black bear—are regularly visible from roadside pullouts and popular trail corridors, and the Trail Ridge Road crossing provides the most accessible high-alpine drive in the Rocky Mountain National Park system when it opens in late spring. Fort Collins, home to Colorado State University and a thriving brewery and dining district, lies approximately 15 miles north of Loveland along US-287. North Shore RV and Store operates year-round, with summer representing the peak season when Rocky Mountain National Park visitation reaches maximum intensity and timed entry permits are required for the most popular park zones. Spring and fall offer genuine appeal for guests who want mountain access without summer crowds, and the park's proximity to Boyd Lake State Park extends the camping season with warm-water recreation options on either end of the high-country window. Advance reservations for summer weekends are recommended, and guests heading into the park should check timed entry permit availability well before departure.

from $30/night

Cheyenne RV Resort

42 RV Sites, 6 Cabins, 17 Tent Sites

In Cheyenne, Wyoming—the state capital at the junction of Interstate 25 and Interstate 80 where the High Plains meets the Laramie Range's foothills and the city's identity as the Cowboy Capital of the World is most fully expressed each July during Cheyenne Frontier Days, the world's largest outdoor rodeo and western celebration—Cheyenne RV Resort by RJourney provides full hookup 30 and 50-amp RV sites in pull-thru and back-in configurations, tent sites with water and electric (T01 through T11), a swimming pool, mini golf, a basketball court, a playground, a dog park, a pavilion, a convenience store, laundry, propane, firewood, WiFi throughout, ADA-accessible facilities, and banana bike rentals in a well-maintained resort that delivers the complete family campground experience at the crossroads of the two most traveled interstate highways in Wyoming. Full hookups, a pool, and mini golf in Cheyenne. Full hookup sites with 30 and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer in the pull-thru configuration that eliminates the backing challenge for larger rigs, and the T01-through-T11 tent sites with water and electric for the soft-side camper, provide the infrastructure variety that serves every arrival configuration at the I-25/I-80 interchange. The swimming pool, mini golf course, basketball court, playground, and dog park create the recreational infrastructure that keeps families entertained between the Frontier Days events and the Cheyenne city attractions, and the pavilion provides the shaded gathering space for the social campground activities that a resort-quality Wyoming campground provides. A convenience store handles the daily supply and sundry needs, laundry and propane fill manage the extended-stay logistics, and banana bike rentals offer the campground's most charming transportation option for the guests who want to explore the property at a pace that acknowledges the High Plains wind. Cheyenne sits in Laramie County at 6,062 feet on the High Plains where the semi-arid grassland landscape of southeastern Wyoming creates the backdrop for the state capital's governmental, military, and transportation functions. F.E. Warren Air Force Base, one of the oldest and largest Air Force installations in the United States, anchors the military component of the Cheyenne economy. The Wyoming State Capitol's gold dome and the extensive state government complex on Capitol Avenue provide the governmental center that Cheyenne's status as Wyoming's largest city and state capital sustains. Cheyenne Frontier Days, held the last full week of July each year, provides the world's largest outdoor rodeo with 10 days of PRCA rodeo performances, country music concerts, a military appreciation component, carnival midway, and the parade schedule that draws 200,000 visitors to the Frontier Park complex each year. The Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum on the Frontier Park grounds provides the year-round exhibit of western heritage, rodeo history, and the carriage collection that interprets the city's frontier identity across the calendar. The Wyoming State Museum in the Barrett Building and the Historic Governors' Mansion on E. 21st Street provide the additional state history context accessible from the downtown Cheyenne core. Cheyenne RV Resort operates year-round in the Wyoming High Plains climate, where the warm summer months from June through September provide the peak camping season during Frontier Days and the family summer travel window, and the mild fall and spring shoulder seasons reduce the crowds while maintaining the city's full attraction calendar. The wind that defines Cheyenne's microclimate—consistent westerly and northwesterly winds from the exposed High Plains position—is part of the authentic Wyoming experience the resort delivers alongside the full hookup pad. Reserve your site at Cheyenne RV Resort and let the Cowboy Capital's Frontier Days, the state capital's western heritage, and the I-25/I-80 crossroads make Cheyenne the Wyoming overnight worth lingering over.

from $34/night

Sun Outdoors Rocky Mountains

288 RV Sites, 39 Cabins, 25 Tent Sites, 75 Cottages, 8 Airstreams, 7 Wagons

Along the headwaters of the Colorado River in Granby, Colorado—in the Grand County valley where the river's first mountain miles flow beneath the Arapaho National Forest and Rocky Mountain National Park rises on the eastern horizon—Sun Outdoors Rocky Mountains delivers a Colorado Rockies camping destination with resort infrastructure that most mountain campgrounds can't approach: a pool and hot tubs, two on-site bars and restaurants, massage and spa services, kayak and paddleboard dock access, a wellness center, an amphitheater, and the Continental Divide views that the Grand County valley's 8,000-foot elevation frames in every direction. Full hookup RV sites, furnished mountain cabins, glamping, and tent camping accommodate the full range of travel styles in a setting that makes it genuinely difficult to leave the property for the first afternoon. Full hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer on crushed granite pads accommodate rigs up to 50 feet with room for slide-outs. Furnished mountain cabins provide the most luxurious enclosed option, and glamping and tent camping serve the guests who want the Rocky Mountain atmosphere in the most direct form. The resort's two food and beverage operations—Summit Bar and Grill and Headwaters Tavern—give guests on-site dining choices beyond the camp stove, and the outdoor patio seating at each provides the mountain view dining experience that Grand County's visual context makes genuinely exceptional with minimal effort. A pool and hot tubs serve the elevation-climate dynamic where Colorado mountain days require sun protection and Colorado nights require heat. Mini-bowling, an arcade, sport courts, and planned activities provide structured recreation, while a lake dock with paddleboarding and kayaks accesses the Colorado River headwaters environment directly. Yoga, massage and spa services, a wellness center, and an amphitheater for evening programming extend the resort's offerings well beyond standard campground expectations. An off-leash dog park completes the pet-friendly infrastructure for traveling dogs. The Colorado River headwaters flowing through Granby's valley provide the water access and the ecological beginning of one of North America's most significant rivers. The Grand Lake—Colorado's largest natural lake, two miles north of Granby—provides the most expansive open-water experience in Grand County, with kayaking, sailing, and the mountain lake character that the surrounding peaks create in every direction. Rocky Mountain National Park, accessible from the Grand Lake entrance just north of the resort, provides the most biodiverse and visually spectacular mountain terrain accessible from any campground in the Colorado Rockies. The Trail Ridge Road—crossing the Continental Divide at 12,183 feet and traversing the alpine tundra ecosystem above tree line for 11 miles—is the most dramatic paved road in the American national park system, and the fall elk rut in Rocky Mountain's meadows, occurring in September and October, draws wildlife enthusiasts specifically to Grand County for the bugling and display behavior of one of the largest elk herds in North America. Sun Outdoors Rocky Mountains is open year-round in a mountain environment where summer represents the peak season for full recreational access. Winter brings snowshoeing, cross-country skiing at Granby Ranch, and the quieter character of a mountain resort between its summer and spring crowds. Fall brings the elk rut and the aspen color that makes Grand County's hillsides visually spectacular from late September through mid-October. Reserve your full hookup site, plan a Trail Ridge Road drive at sunrise, and let the Colorado River headwaters and the Continental Divide view earn what Rocky Mountain summer camping is supposed to look like.

from $44/night

Base Camp at Golden Gate Canyon

Tucked into the mountain scenery of Gilpin County just forty-five minutes from Denver and thirty minutes from Golden, Base Camp at Golden Gate Canyon puts guests at the gateway to one of Colorado's most beloved natural playgrounds without requiring a deep-mountain commitment to reach it. Located in Black Hawk on Highway 46, the campground sits adjacent to Golden Gate Canyon State Park—12,000 acres of Front Range backcountry with 35 miles of hiking and biking trails—and just down the road from the gambling establishments of Black Hawk and Central City, creating a range of options unusual for a mountain campground of its size. Thirty-one full hookup sites accommodate big rigs with many pull-through configurations, and the mountain surroundings give even a standard RV pad a sense of the high country. Glamping cabins offer a fully outfitted alternative, each with a full-size bed and twin bunks, electric, heater, and linens provided. A well-stocked convenience store and a community fire pit serve practical and social needs, and a pavilion provides a covered gathering space for groups. Modern restrooms with heated floors and laundry facilities round out the amenity profile. Propane fills are available on-site, and the pet-friendly policy with walking trails ensures four-legged travelers are genuinely welcome. The Colorado mountains surrounding Base Camp deliver the visual drama that defines a Front Range campground at elevation. Colorful aspen groves ring the property and put on a spectacular autumn show from mid-September through early October, when golden color draws leaf-peepers from Denver and beyond. Mountain meadows, wildflower patches in early summer, and long views from the higher portions of the property give the campground a natural backdrop that changes character through the seasons. Wildlife is a regular presence—mule deer, red foxes, and an assortment of mountain birds move through on their daily rounds. Golden Gate Canyon State Park is the primary outdoor destination for guests, with trails ranging from easy meadow walks to challenging ridge hikes with views stretching to the Continental Divide. Fishing in Ralston Creek and the park's Kriley Pond is accessible within the park boundary. Black Hawk and Central City—historic mining towns that became Colorado's first legal gambling communities—are minutes away with casinos, restaurants, and entertainment options that provide a lively counterpoint to the outdoor programming. The Peak to Peak Scenic Byway passes directly through the area and connects to Rocky Mountain National Park to the north for a spectacular full-day drive. Base Camp at Golden Gate Canyon operates seasonally and draws a strong mix of Denver metro residents looking for a quick mountain getaway and out-of-state visitors using it as a Front Range staging ground for broader Colorado exploration. Fall weekends during peak aspen color sell out quickly, and summer reservations should be made well in advance. The combination of Denver accessibility, a stellar state park next door, and a casino town minutes away makes Base Camp genuinely versatile across different types of campers and travelers. Book early for fall color weekends—this one fills up fast.

from $41/night

The Nest at Black Hawk

The Nest at Black Hawk in Colorado offers geodesic dome lodging in the mountains above town, with a private hot tub and sauna, panoramic Front Range views, and cabins on a property open all year. A bar, snack bar, general store, and community fire pit round out an experience with very little in common with conventional camping. The seven-meter geodesic dome is the signature accommodation — a full-scale structure positioned to capture the Front Range panorama, furnished and fitted with a private hot tub and sauna. Cabins provide additional lodging. Restrooms and showers serve the property, with a general store and snack bar on site and a bar for evenings. This is glamping that takes the experience seriously rather than pitching a tent with a bed in it, and the inventory is small — book well ahead. A community fire pit anchors the evenings, with birding across the mountain terrain and mountains rising in every direction. The property stays open year-round, which makes winter stays genuinely viable at this elevation. Black Hawk sits below in the historic casino district, which gives the property an unusual dual character: the gaming and dining of the district a short drive down, and high-country wilderness immediately above. Few Colorado lodging options put both within the same short radius. The Nest serves guests year-round. Summer mountain access and fall color drive the heaviest demand, with winter drawing guests specifically for the dome-and-hot-tub experience under snow. Given the single dome and limited cabins, reserve as far ahead as you can for any weekend.

from $179/night

Pine Bluffs RV Resort

10 RV Sites

Pine Bluffs RV Resort in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, offers 10 full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 70 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, directly off Interstate 80 on the Wyoming-Nebraska line. A general store, on-site dining, personal mailboxes, and walking trails serve travelers with more than the minimum for an overnight. Ten back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 70 feet, with site WiFi. At 10 sites this is small, so reserve rather than counting on availability. A general store, on-site dining, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and personal mailboxes handle the practical side — the mailboxes point to the longer-stay guests the resort also serves. Each space rental includes four people, with a $5 charge for additional guests. Pets are welcome. Walking trails and hiking run from the property, with a state park nearby. The amenity set is genuinely more than an interstate rest stop, which is the resort's positioning. Pine Bluffs sits at the eastern edge of Laramie County's High Plains, where the vast grassland horizon of southeastern Wyoming meets the rolling sandhills of western Nebraska — one of the most open, sky-dominated environments in the American West. The town itself rewards a brief exploration beyond the exit. The resort operates on the I-80 corridor, with summer bringing the heaviest cross-country traffic. With 10 sites on a major interstate, reserve ahead for holiday weekends.

from $47/night

Applewood RV Resort

5 RV Sites

Applewood RV Resort in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, provides full-service urban RV camping in Jefferson County's inner suburb immediately west of Denver, giving guests unmatched access to Colorado's metropolitan amenities, dining, cultural institutions, and the Rocky Mountain recreation corridor while maintaining the practical camping infrastructure—water park, pool, full hookup utilities, and a pond with fishing—that makes urban camping in one of America's most active outdoor-recreation cities genuinely comfortable. Wheat Ridge's position on the Clear Creek corridor between Denver's western suburbs and the foothills communities of Golden and Lakewood places the resort at the precise geographic transition point where metropolitan Denver's grid dissolves into the Colorado Front Range's dramatic mountain landscape. The resort's amenity package serves both the urban-access guest and the recreation-oriented camper: a water park and outdoor pool for on-property cooling during Colorado's warm summer afternoons, a pond with fishing, a river and stream access to Clear Creek's front range flow, full hookup sites with reliable utility connections, pet-friendly policies for the dogs that Colorado outdoor culture routinely involves, laundry, showers, bathrooms, personal mailboxes for extended-stay residents, and Wi-Fi serve the diverse guest population whose Jefferson County stays range from overnight transit camping to extended seasonal residency. The state park access nearby and the golf course proximity extend the recreation beyond the resort property into Jefferson County's exceptionally well-developed public land infrastructure. Wheat Ridge's Clear Creek corridor connects the resort to the Clear Creek Canyon trail system that extends westward into the Front Range's canyon terrain—mountain biking, road cycling on the Clear Creek trail to Golden and Morrison, and white water kayaking in Clear Creek Canyon's Class III-IV rapids provide Front Range outdoor recreation of national quality within minutes of the resort's urban location. The Wheat Ridge Greenbelt and the connecting Jefferson County Open Space trail network give walkers, runners, and cyclists a car-free pathway into the Denver metropolitan area's most extensive urban-edge natural area system. Golden, approximately 8 miles west via US-6 or CO-58, is Colorado's most characterful foothill community—the Coors Brewing Company's flagship brewery, the Colorado School of Mines campus on the hillside above town, the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave on Lookout Mountain, and the Clear Creek Whitewater Park in downtown Golden collectively create a day-visit destination of genuine depth and character. Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, 12 miles southwest of Wheat Ridge, is America's most beloved outdoor concert venue—the naturally formed red sandstone rock formations that frame the 9,450-seat amphitheater create an acoustic and visual environment that performers and audiences consistently rate as the finest outdoor performance setting in the country. Applewood RV Resort operates year-round in Jefferson County's Front Range climate, where the 300-plus annual sunny days that define Denver's climate reputation deliver consistent outdoor recreation conditions and the mild winter temperatures that persist on the urban edge of the Front Range make year-round RV residency viable for the extended-stay guests and seasonal snowbird community that the resort's personal mailbox infrastructure serves. Summer's afternoon thunderstorms and the Front Range's predictable daily mountain convection pattern create the dramatic cloudscapes that make Colorado's high-summer sky photography so rewarding, and the resort's proximity to I-70 gives Colorado mountain-bound travelers the most convenient urban-to-mountain launching point in the Front Range corridor.

from $58/night

Windy Waters at Alcova

18 RV Sites

At 21500 Kortes Road alongside the red-hued sandstone bluffs of Alcova Reservoir in Alcova, Wyoming—in Natrona County in the high Wyoming desert where the North Platte River's impoundment behind Alcova Dam created the 2,470-acre reservoir with 117 miles of shoreline that Wyoming's fishing, boating, and windsurfing community built one of the state's most active freshwater recreation cultures around, in the specific empty-sky, red-rock landscape that defines Wyoming's geographic character at an elevation and aridity that no other state quite replicates—Windy Waters at Alcova provides full hookup RV sites on oversized lots with three boat ramps, bathhouses, laundry, WiFi, and two park model rentals in the year-round configuration that serves everything from one-night fishing camp stays to annual seasonal RV residents who spend the Wyoming summer at Alcova's waterfront. The three boat ramps, the oversized lots with boat trailer capacity, and the reservoir's direct adjacency define what Windy Waters is for. Oversized lots—formerly mobile home lot dimensions, providing space substantially larger than standard RV campground sites—accommodate a large motorhome or fifth wheel alongside the truck that towed it and a boat trailer without requiring any three to compete for the same footprint. Full hookup connections with 30 and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer serve the full range of RV electrical requirements. Three boat ramps on the property provide the most direct private reservoir launch access available at any Alcova campground, eliminating the state park boat ramp wait and the parking logistics that the Alcova State Recreation Area's high-traffic summer launch imposes. Bathhouses with toilet and shower facilities, washer and dryer laundry, a general store, and WiFi complete the daily infrastructure. Two fully furnished park model rentals serve guests without RVs or those transitioning between camping setups. Daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal, and annual site rental options reflect the range of guest relationships the property serves. Alcova Reservoir's 117 miles of sandstone and red shale shoreline provide the geological context that makes the lake visually distinctive from the conventional Great Plains reservoir. The reservoir's warm-water fish population—walleye, smallmouth bass, rainbow trout, and perch in the varied thermal layers—along with the wind conditions that the Wyoming high desert reliably generates make Alcova a dual-use water recreation site for both the fishing and the sailing and windsurfing community that the reservoir's specific fetch and prevailing southwest winds make ideal. The walleye fishery is among the most productive in Wyoming, and the spring walleye run draws the state's dedicated walleye fishing community to Alcova from across the region. Pathfinder Reservoir—adjacent to Alcova via the Fremont Canyon corridor—provides the second major reservoir fishing opportunity in the same North Platte River system, with brown trout in the freestone reaches below Pathfinder Dam and the cold tailwater fishery that the Miracle Mile section of the North Platte—one of the most celebrated dry-fly trout stretches in the Rocky Mountain West—extends downstream. Casper, 32 miles northeast, provides the commercial services and the historic Wyoming character that the state's oil-and-ranching culture built into the state's second-largest city. Windy Waters at Alcova is open year-round on the daily-through-annual rate schedule. Summer from June through August represents the peak reservoir recreation season for boating, fishing, and the swimming beaches that Wyoming's high desert sun warms to comfortable temperatures by late June. Ice fishing on Alcova Reservoir in December through February provides the cold-season recreation that Wyoming's long winters make viable for the dedicated ice fishing guest. Book the oversized lot, launch the boat at the private ramp, and let the red-rock reservoir earn the Wyoming high-country lake reputation that 117 miles of sandstone shoreline supports from every approach.

from $50/night

Walleye Rentals

4 RV Sites, 1 Cabin

Walleye Rentals in Glendo, Wyoming, is a campground and rental operation adjacent to Glendo Reservoir in Platte County — a no-frills, fishing-focused camping property with spacious RV sites at 30 and 50-amp hookups, picnic tables, and Wi-Fi in the North Platte River reservoir country of southeastern Wyoming, positioned to give anglers and Wyoming outdoor recreation visitors the base camp access to Glendo State Park's walleye, largemouth bass, and rainbow trout fishery that the reservoir sustains in one of the most productive warm-water and cold-water mixed fisheries in the Wyoming state park system. Glendo's Platte County position on the Oregon Trail corridor through the North Platte River valley gives the campground the specific historical and geological context of the most heavily traveled emigrant route in American history. Spacious full-hookup RV sites at 30 and 50 amps with picnic tables and Wi-Fi give Walleye Rentals the practical infrastructure for the angling and recreation-focused guest whose Glendo Reservoir itinerary requires the extended-stay base that full hookup service enables. The campground's name reflects its specific market identity — the walleye fishing on Glendo Reservoir, supplemented by the bass, rainbow trout, and the trophy-size fish that the reservoir's depth and the state park's management program sustain, gives the property the specific fishing camp character that the walleye rental and the direct reservoir access specifically deliver. Pets are welcome. Glendo State Park, immediately north of the town of Glendo in Platte County, encompasses the 12,000-acre Glendo Reservoir on the North Platte River — a Bureau of Reclamation impoundment created in 1958 that sustains one of Wyoming's most popular warm-water fisheries with walleye, largemouth bass, and the cold-water trout species that the reservoir's depth thermocline and the dam's cold-water release program specifically support below the dam. The state park's developed marina, boat ramps, and the sandy swimming beaches on the reservoir's coves give the Glendo State Park the full day-use recreational infrastructure of one of Wyoming's most actively managed recreation reservoirs. Fort Laramie National Historic Site, 30 miles east of Glendo in Goshen County, preserves the most significant military post and trading fort on the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails — a frontier fort that served as the primary supply and resupply point for the 300,000-plus emigrants who traveled the North Platte River corridor between 1842 and 1869 in the greatest voluntary human migration in American history. The fort's original 1849 Old Bedlam officers' quarters (the oldest surviving building in Wyoming), the restored sutler's store, and the reconstructed officer and enlisted men's quarters give the national historic site the physical character of an operating frontier military post at the scale and complexity that the Oregon Trail's support infrastructure required. Walleye Rentals serves guests through Wyoming's outdoor recreation season from spring through fall, with the walleye fishing season peaking in the spring spawn from April through June and the summer boat recreation from July through August sustaining the Glendo Reservoir's peak visitor demand. The North Platte River below the Glendo Dam provides the cold-water tailwater trout fishing that supplements the reservoir's warm-water fishery — brown and rainbow trout in the cold discharge reach give the river below the dam the specific catch-and-release trout character that fly fishing visitors target in addition to the reservoir's walleye bass. Reserve sites ahead for the spring walleye season and summer reservoir recreation weekends when Glendo State Park's limited accommodation fills from the Cheyenne and Casper regional markets.

from $34/night