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Reverend's Ridge Campground — Golden Gate Canyon

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Reverend's Ridge Campground — Golden Gate Canyon is located in Colorado

Directions

From Colorado Springs and Points South Take I-25 north to the Founders/Meadows exit (highway 85). Take highway 85 north to C-470 west. Continue on C-470 west to the LEFT exit for highway 6. Follow highway 6 west to highway 93. Go north on highway 93 approximately 1 mile to Golden Gate Canyon road. Turn left and follow Golden Gate Canyon road 13 miles to the Visitor Center. The campground is approximately 5 miles from the Visitor Center. RVs or vehicles towing large trailers may prefer to follow highway 6 west to highway 119. Go north on 119 through Blackhawk to Gap Road (approximately 11 miles). Turn right on Gap Road to access Reverend’s Ridge Campground.

Address

3873 Highway 46
Black Hawk, CO 80422

Coordinates

39.87528421 N
105.45081197 W

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Access

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

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WiFi
Good
Verizon
Available
AT&T
Good
T-Mobile
Good

Features

For Campers

ADA Access
Trash
Picnic Table
Firewood Available
Phone Service
Reservable
WiFi
Showers
Drinking Water
Electric Hookups
Toilets
Alcohol
Pets
Fires

For Vehicles

Sanitary Dump
Sewer Hookups
Water Hookups
Pull-Through Sites
Big Rig Friendly

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Reservations

(800) 678-2267

Kelsey C.

Ranger

Reviewed Dec. 12, 2023

Very Comfortable - Lacked WOW

This is a very nice, quiet and quaint camping spot! We loved the wooded areas. The flat parking pads and hook ups! There’s nothing extra special here to make it a 5 star. I’d absolutely visit again!!…. But it’s not a bucket list spot!

The coolest thing is we did see a moose!

Month of VisitJune

Michael

Guide

Reviewed Sep. 21, 2023

Choose your loop carefully

We were going to give this a 3 star review based on our first night here in D loop. No water, sites close together and a long walk to the vault toilets, plus the site was not level. Our second night was in E loop. Sites are over 100 feet apart, level, flush heads, near free showers, and water available plus dish washing area, but no tent pads. Loops are either RV or tent. Tent loops also have sites too close for our taste, about 37 feet apart. Though if you choose carefully, a few sites are more remote. Some of the tent loops let you park adjacent to your site (loops H and I). Others you park in a common area and walk to your site. Volunteer staff very friendly. In season camp programs. Much jet noise from airliners leaving Denver. Some road noise also, but very quiet at night. Your experience will vary with your chosen loop and site. Overall nice, much more so in E loop and B loop looks similar. For tenting, I’d suggest H or I loop. Good T-Mobile.

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Month of VisitOctober

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Lila B.

Guide

Reviewed Sep. 20, 2023

Close place to do a getaway

I came up for a night of camping with one of my dogs. I reserved the area with electric hookup since I brought the van. The area was very organized and tidy. Campsite was large with a picnic table, fire pit, and central spot for trash and recycling. Area was quiet, but close to a road. No cell service for phone if you’re wondering.

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Month of VisitOctober

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Jennifer O.

Legend

Reviewed Jun. 25, 2023

Beautiful at 9,000 feet

Stunning campground nestled right outside Golden and Boulder Colorado. We couldn’t believe it…so close but you feel incredibly removed once you get there. Campsites are close together but there is plenty of shade and coverage between sites. Great amenities: hot showers, laundry, firewood for sale, well marked trails. Our loop did NOT have water be aware and look at your maps before booking. Some loops have water and some do not. We did have electric though. Overall had a blast.

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Month of VisitJuly

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Joci

Scout

Reviewed Aug. 12, 2022

Beautiful!

Clean bathrooms. Large sites. Lovely!

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Month of VisitSeptember

Freedom F.

Traveler

Reviewed Jul. 21, 2022

Close quarters

We have stayed here several times in our minivan and even got a cabin several years ago. Very clean, great power and you can even get 5G mobile service on T-Mobile most of the time in a lot of areas around the park. Especially in the RV parking area of Reverend's Ridge. Nice spacious shower house bathroom Keep in mind though that the smaller bathrooms around the RV parking loops are only.for when the electricity is out. So you'll need to head to the shower house if needed. My only real complaint is that the sites and cabins are very very close together and can be a bit uncomfortable if your trying to "get away" It's usually completely lights out and silent about 30min after the sun goes completely down.

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Month of VisitAugust

Garry K.

Traveler

Reviewed Jun. 27, 2022

Beautiful Campground

Wonderful campground only an hour out of Denver. Nice area with many trees and well maintained. Probably the cleanest campground we have ever visited! Clean bathrooms with showers and flush toilets. Great trails and mountain biking around and only 20 a minute drive to Nederland. We had some AT&T cell coverage.

Month of VisitJuly

Jonah J.

Scout

Reviewed Oct. 3, 2021

Fun & Easy

Easy to get to, great lots, and good amenities!

SiteJ88

Month of VisitOctober

Fabio O.

Ranger

Reviewed Sep. 27, 2021

Campground with lots of Trails

Reverend’s Ridge Campground is part of Golden Gate Canyon State Park. Besides the campground reservation, you need a daily car pass ($10) or a yearly CPW pass ($80). The campground is well equipped with running toilets and showers during the spring and summer. They also have. Washer and dryer in their facilities. The campground has an area for tents only, RVs, cabins and a few yurts ($90 per day with a minimum of 2 Days). The site is quite big and the sites, at least at the tent site, were fairly distanced from each other which gives you some privacy. The area is covered with pines and a lot of aspens. There are plenty of trails and a few ponds for fishing. In general, this campground is very good and has really good amenities. Trails were pretty busy due to the excellent weather. Panorama view area is walking distance from the site. Avoid driving there since you probably will walk the same distance from your car. Parking were extremely difficult and CPW were giving citations.

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Month of VisitOctober

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Bill M.

Guide

Reviewed Sep. 20, 2021

CO state park camping

We loved Rev Ridge and Golden Gate canyon SP. Numerous hiking trails. Excellent facilities. Accommodating campground hosts. Nederland, Blackhawk, Boulder CO. Stayed on 46, 56, and 51 during a 5 nite stay. Great sites. All pull thrus.

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Month of VisitSeptember

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L M.

Guide

Reviewed Aug. 21, 2021

Lots of amenities

Nice campground with a lot of facilities throughout. There’s an ice machine ($5 for 8lb), showers, laundry, flush toilets, etc.- but the sites didn’t feel very private (at least in loop J and the surrounding areas), though it didn’t feel crowded. If you like having the comforts of home while camping, this would be a good choice. If you’re looking for a more private (and basic) site, check out Aspen Meadows down the road.

FYI don’t tie anything to trees, even if you wrap them first.

Site88

Month of VisitSeptember

Joshua A.

Guide

Reviewed Nov. 17, 2020

Dated amenities

This place was "okay". They don't make it very easy to find, but I was glad it was tucked away. The facilities were clean, sure, but everything was old and there was market writing and scratches on the bathroom walls, as well as prison-style TP holders with a piece of bar steel shoved through a cardboard-tubeless toilet paper holder that you had to manually turn for each precious sheet of single-ply. It was off season so I gave them an extra star...

It was also QUITE a trek up the mountain to get there from Golden, with a LOT of steep grades, and multiple SLOW switchbacks.

Megan E.

Ranger

Reviewed Oct. 14, 2020

Not enough time

Stayed at a tent site one night and wish we had planned for two. Beautiful facilities and well-kept sites. Would love to explore all the trails next time. A place to go back to.

Janessa H.

Scout

Reviewed Aug. 26, 2020

Awesome spot close(ish) to Denver

We loved this spot so much we stayed 3 nights when we only planned for one. Clean amenities, friendly park rangers, quiet nights, and the dogs loved it. I have at&t and I had full service, my boyfriend has Verizon and had none.

Dennis G.

Guide

Reviewed Aug. 2, 2020

Awesome!

Campground is very clean. Loop E (electric hookups) is very spacious and well laid out. Every campsite is a pull thru allowing you situate anywhere along the paved area to best suit your needs. Mostly level, fire rings, and very large metal picnic tables. Enormous amount of room.

Meghan H.

Guide

Reviewed Jun. 15, 2020

Great hiking and bike trails

This spot is just a quick ride outside of Golden. The scenery is gorgeous with several trails to hike or mountain bike. The campsites are clean and easy to get to. Great for families with little ones. You are pretty close to your neighbors and it’s busy. We went with friends with adjacent campsites, so that made it fun. However, if we were camping alone it would have been a little close next door. The bathrooms are clean and park rangers monitored the area often.

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mary C.

Traveler

Reviewed Jun. 13, 2020

Beautiful

Amazing drive up to the campground first of all! Beyond that the campsites are so well maintained and the facilities in the campground were clean and well maintained. Racoon trail is right off of the loop we stayed in and it was a truly amazing hike. Fire rings are not very deep but the grills attached were clean.

Jill C.

Traveler

Reviewed Jun. 8, 2020

Great family camping

What a great campground! This is less than an hour from our house, perfect for a quick night away. I'm camping for the first time in decades, hoping to give my toddler a love of the outdoors. Reverends Ridge is perfect for family campers. In spot 86 (Loop I), we were close enough to the flush toilets (yea!) but far enough away from neighbors. We were able to explore easily from our site and my daughter had a great time checking out the campsite. The drive-up site was very clean, the tent pads have nice tie-down points and the fire pit and grill gate were fully operational. We were able to buy wood from the main office. I really appreciated the dishwashing station next to the bathrooms. The campground is about 20 minutes from Nederland, a nice escape for ice cream and the short rain storm that came in during the afternoon.

There were tons of families around and it was very quiet by 10 pm. Not so much the next morning! If you like to sleep in, I would bring some earplugs, there were lots of early risers. But I prefer that to loud music and rowdy groups at night.

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Month of VisitJuly

Kell H.

Guide

Reviewed Mar. 9, 2020

Winter Wonderland

Visited the Reverend Ridge campground the weekend of March 6 for some early camping. The setting was a bit snowy but spectacular. The trailer pad was icy but cleared, and after some shoveling we were able to find the fire pit! If it is this great in the spring, imagine how great it is in the summer!

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Kristin A.

Guide

Reviewed Oct. 31, 2018

Perfect Quick Escape

Trees, trails and tranquility just an hour from Denver? Yes please! This is one of my new favorite spots -perfect for a quick weekend escape. We loved the roomy pull through spots for our camper, easy electrical hookups, super clean bathrooms and shower house. So many other campgrounds in Colorado have been hit hard by the pine beetle epidemic, but Reverends Ridge still has towering trees that make the loops feel private and remote. Dont mIss the easy hike to Panorama Point. From there you can let link to the rest of the extensive trail system through the park.

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Anna R.

Guide

Reviewed Sep. 1, 2018

Tent camping with beautiful views if you get the right spot!

There are RV, Tent and Yurt camping sites. Bathrooms, showers, dishwashing area and laundry facilities but still in nature and beautiful views and trails, especially in the non-electric tent sites. Great staff at the check in area.

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Month of VisitSeptember

Lexi A.

Guide

Reviewed Aug. 26, 2018

STUNNING!

This campground was absolutely amazing! It was so easy to get to and the facilities were extremely impressive. They offer a coin-laundry room, showers, and clean bathrooms. We were tent camping but had a small u-haul behind our car and there was plenty of room in the parking lot for it. Our site was perfect, we were tucked into loop F, but set far enough back that it felt like we were completely alone. The night was clear and the stars were absolutely amazing to see. I love the fact that this campground is so close to many of the trails in Golden Gate State Park. In the morning we got up and hiked the Mule Deer Trail and the views from the top were well worth the hike!

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Month of VisitSeptember

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Glory F.

Scout

Reviewed Aug. 11, 2018

Family Friendly Camping Near Plenty of Aspens

This campsite is amazing for the family. With reservations accepted one can be sure that they will have a spot waiting for them. Fire rings and bathrooms are available at this site. You will have neighbors but the views and hiking (Racoon's Trail) make it worth it.

Month of VisitAugust

Diana M.

Scout

Reviewed Jun. 20, 2018

FAMILY HIKE A BIKE TRIP

Mother Nature: This was a phenomenal state park. Many multiuse trails. Get up early and drive mountain base road...we caught a great view of a moose. Panorama Point had a breath taking view.

Hygiene: Laundry facilities on site. Showers weren't warm ar the end of a long day and will cost ya $1.00 for the first 4 minutes and 25 cents every minute after. The state doesn't provide hand soap in the bathrooms.

Reverends Ridge Loop A: facilities within walking distance for restroom and dishes. Electricity and water were great for us semi-tent campers. We had great camping neighbors. Not much deadwood on the ground. Fire wood $5.00 per bundle.

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Month of VisitJuly

Rich M.

Traveler

Reviewed May. 15, 2018

Great Hiking

The campground is in a beautiful area near Golden. There are plenty of hiking trails in the park some easy some difficult. Make sure you leave out prepared. The sites are not very level so be prepared to use your blocks. When we where there, there were bear in fhe campground.

Cordelia T.

Scout

Reviewed Sep. 30, 2017

Oktoberquest success

We came up for an adventure and an adventure we had! Beautiful scenery, solid campsite, the drive out was lovely with the turning aspens. 10/10!

Sitei79

Month of VisitOctober

Maggie C.

Scout

Reviewed Sep. 30, 2017

Beautiful

Month of VisitOctober

Mikaela R.

Guide

Reviewed Jul. 1, 2017

Crowded but a Favorite for First Time Campers

This area has gotten very crowded in years past but is nice if you are new to camping.

Month of VisitSeptember

Dan R.

Traveler

Reviewed Apr. 16, 2015

great campground - full of people and huge RVs

This is my favorite campground in GGCSP. Specifically loop D. We have had many Volkswagen Bus gatherings there over the years, and everyone loves the campground. As far as places with a ton of campers and huge RVs goes, this one is tops. It's beautiful, nice clean facilities, and for me it is less than an hour from home.

If you're looking for a place to get away from crowds, this is not the place for you.