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East Ridge Campground - Royal Gorge

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From this little-known campsite area in the Royal Gorge Park, you’ll be treated to views of Cañon City and the surrounding parks area. New, updated sites are operated by the City of Cañon City. Vault toilets, fire rings, some picnic tables, no water. Approximately 12 sites located 20 minutes west of Cañon City. Open year-round.

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East Ridge Campground - Royal Gorge is located in Colorado

Coordinates

38.46521230191771 N
105.2921243396443 W

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Access

Drive-In
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Walk-In
Park in a lot, walk to your site.

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Good
Verizon
Good
AT&T
Good
T-Mobile
Fair

Site Types

Tent Sites
RV Sites
Standard (Tent/RV)
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Features

For Campers

ADA Access
Trash
Picnic Table
Phone Service
Toilets
Alcohol
Pets
Fires

For Vehicles

Big Rig Friendly

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Dwight F.

Scout

Reviewed Sep. 2, 2023

Nice campground

Tucked away and very nice campground close to the Royal Gorge and Canon City if you need to get camping supplies. Get water and ice at the filling station by the Goodwill store for a great price.

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Month of VisitSeptember

Cyndy H.

Scout

Reviewed Jun. 20, 2023

Quiet, clean, beautiful

There are toilets but no showers. There are mule deer wandering through at dusk. The sounds of crickets and gentle breezes will help you sleep soundly. There are other campers but it is lovely, clean and beautiful.

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Month of VisitJuly

Staci W.

Guide

Reviewed Oct. 23, 2022

Pricey but beautiful

This campground used to be free when I first found it years ago while visiting the Royal Gorge. Since the city has invested money into fixing up the campsites with fire rings, tent pads, and what seems to be pretty good county road maintenance, it’s definitely understandable why they charge a fee.

No water is available. There are vault toilets.

There are NO bear boxes.

Rules worth nothing (according to the sign upon entering camp):

no alcohol (that didn’t seem to stop anyone from enjoying themselves at their site)
You can only stay for 72 hours per visit unless otherwise noted.

There’s lots of hiking and mountain bike trails near the campground, which brought lots of mellow mtb riders in during my stay.

Because of the rules/amenities, i felt the price was a little steep as others have mentioned. However it is clean, close enough to Cañon city that you can go to town if needed, but far enough away to “unplug” from the world in a beautiful location. Overall I’d recommend visiting this campsite! I’ll happily return.

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Month of VisitNovember

B S.

Scout

Reviewed Sep. 28, 2022

A gooden

Cañon city view and rock climbing minutes away.

Month of VisitOctober

Josh G.

Traveler

Reviewed Jun. 24, 2022

Great time

Had a great weekend camping trip. Facilities were well maintained, and the camp host was great, stopping in to let us know about the weather for the night. One thing to note is you can make reservations here through campspot.com

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Month of VisitJuly

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Jacob B.

Guide

Reviewed Jun. 19, 2022

Super cool spot near the park

Cool place the reservation super weird on a website I’ve never used having to track down the host to pay and make sure the spot I wanted was open

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Month of VisitJuly

Diane S.

Traveler

Reviewed Jun. 17, 2022

Little sweet spot.

Lovely view. Little windy and smoky this season. Several levels spots. Bird song. Big pinions. You can bike up here.

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Month of VisitJuly

Hanna M.

Scout

Reviewed Jun. 16, 2022

Last minute

Great last minute camping spot!

Month of VisitJuly

Dustin S.

Traveler

Reviewed Nov. 11, 2021

Love it here!!

We were looking for a great primitive campsite and found it here. Planned on just staying overnight but a change of plans allowed us to stay throughout the next day and I found some great trails with some amazing views.

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Month of VisitSeptember

Debra W.

Traveler

Reviewed Nov. 11, 2021

Wonderful view and wildlife

Was the only camper here for 2 days. Lots of mule deer. Very clean sites with views to the east. Sunken fire pits with grills. About 10 spots for RVs and 20 for tents. Great for rockhounding! Lots of orange granite and feldspar, opaque quartz. The Royal Gorge is beautifully metamorphic. My kids rode the train. Watch your dogs for cactus thorns.

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Month of VisitDecember

Carmen

Traveler

Reviewed Nov. 7, 2021

Great Spot!

Great views, only minutes from the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park and about 15-20 minutes from shopping/food in Canon City. We camped in November so it was very quiet and even during the weekend we had two spots beside us that stayed empty. Would definitely come back!

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Month of VisitDecember

Andrew B.

Guide

Reviewed Sep. 13, 2021

Nice stop over

Looking for somewhere to camp later in the evening on a Sunday. This city campsite looks pretty new. They have level pads engineered for tents and a metal picnic table. There is also a firepit with a grill.

Beautiful views and plenty of (short-ish) trees. A hiking trail starts in the campground which has a parking lot for day-use hikers.

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Month of VisitOctober

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