Olive Ridge Campground, Allenspark, CO

Olive Ridge Campground is located in the Boulder Ranger District of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (49 min northwest of Boulder, CO) with an elevation of 8,334 feet. There are a total of 53 campsites. The campground is normally open from mid May to mid September. 51 sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 18 and 50 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Each site includes a picnic table and fire ring with grill. Fees range from $18.75 to $37.50. Some amenities include drinking water, restroom. Activities include hiking trails.

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Campsite Reviews (136)

4.5 out of 5

5 star		68%
4 star		19%
3 star		9%
2 star		2%
1 star		2%

@DanielaB9E31C9 · Camped on Sep 3, 2024 at Campsite #27

Beautiful Campground and very friendly Camphost!

@BrentF7020023 · Camped on Aug 29, 2024 at Campsite #39

I love this campground. Very, very clean. Well kept grounds. Newer picnic tables of high quality. Friendly host. Clean restrooms. Lots of bear bins and locked trash bins. Great access to the highway and Estes Park. Quiet and peaceful.

@AllenE67F87910 · Camped on Aug 26, 2024 at Campsite #50

Perfect National Forest Campground. Sits were very spaciousness and far between. Lots of trees but easy to find Starlink views of the sky. Camp host was very congenial and kept a vigilant oversight of the camp. Week leading up to Labor Day weekend was less than 50 percent full. Easy access to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain. Spring water fill point two miles south. Bring containers to fill.

@FrankD8276020 · Camped on Aug 8, 2024 at Campsite #40

Simple but nice located campground. No facilities except a compost toilet.

@AshlyD4E014D08 · Camped on Jul 24, 2024 at Campsite #36

Olive Ridge is at a nice location and the campsites have plenty of room. The vault toilets were fine but it would be great if they would build a shower house. The camp host camp around at 11:00 checking license plates and woke us up. I think that is a little late and could have gone bad.

@AndrewC2299590 · Camped on Jul 16, 2024 at Campsite #55

great spot short drive from longs peak tralhead

@RhondaS6330474 · Camped on Jul 14, 2024 at Campsite #39

The site was beautiful and peaceful. Camp hosts Kirt and Nick went above and beyond and the place was clean and well maintained. The only improvement I would suggest is to change the description of the double campsite #39 to say that 2 trailers with slides will NOT fit in the space!!!

@FernandaS6AAD3 · Camped on Jul 14, 2024 at Campsite #30

The campsite has no water and bathrooms need cleaning. The site is nosier because it is very close to highway.

@KristenB526611 · Camped on Jul 13, 2024 at Campsite #44

Stayed at Pika 44 and although the site was nice and spread out, you had a clear view of your neighbors to all sides. The site was shaded and trees were around, just not enough to block the view so privacy wise, this won't be the spot for you. Two bathrooms were close and clean but STUNK. They needed a cleaning tablet or whatever they put in there to help. It was hard to just pee because of the overwhelming smell. Host came by and was nice. Left us alone after that. Everyone seemed to abide by the quiet hours.

@DaraBB73EC07EA · Camped on Jul 11, 2024 at Campsite #35

Excellent campground. Water nearby. Close to RMNP and Brainard Lake area. Camp host helpful and friendly.

@CherissaC99D78 · Camped on Jul 5, 2024 at Campsite #50

Site 50 was not camper friendly. Thankfully we were tent camping, but hauling our gear up the cliff was not ideal.

@RobertL7452920 · Camped on Jul 4, 2024 at Campsite #44

Camp host was great to work with. Really kept the campground clean.

@TerrellSA519DF · Camped on Jul 4, 2024 at Campsite #29

This campground has good sites for tents as well as RVs. Everything is well maintained, the pit toilets are kept clean. Be aware, there is no water available in the campground (but that may change in the next several years). There is free spring water in nearby Allenspark. No cellular service at all in the campground. This campground is close to Wild Basin. Plus there are a few hiking trails from Allenspark which connect up with Wild Basin trails.

@MatthewB318226 · Camped on Jul 1, 2024 at Campsite #47

We had a great time in spot 47. It is near the back and there were plenty of rocks and forests for my 7 and 11 year old girls to explore. Bathrooms were kept clean by host and it was quiet throughout. Great experience

@BrandonD391134 · Camped on Jun 28, 2024 at Campsite #33

Olive Ridge is one of our favorites. Close to Denver with great, quiet sites and easy access to Estes Park, RMNP, and Wild Basin.

@BeatrixWC6C11C · Camped on Jun 26, 2024 at Campsite #47

it was a beautiful place :-)

@Elizabeth53588 · Camped on Jun 24, 2024 at Campsite #56

A simple campsight but cute and gets the job done! Loved the giant boulders at every site.

@RobertM1452522 · Camped on Jun 20, 2024 at Campsite #56

There's something wrong with the reservation system. This is the 2nd year in a row the same thing has happened. As soon as reservations are open, you can book the weekdays BUT NOT FRI-SUN - when reservations open up they ALL say "reserved" (this is for ALL RESERVABLE SITES).And they remain reserved up until a week before the date, even though nobody would be able to reserve them. I know this because I checked EVERY DAY leading up to our trip and FRI-SAT-SUN remained blocked for ALL RESERVABLE SITES. In our case we book 6/17-6/20 the day reservations opened. Every single reservable site had Fri-Sun blocked up until the week of - in our case on the 17th the Fri-Sun 21-23 opened up as reservable. This happened the same last year (2023) as well.Our stay was quite pleasant though and the camp host was wonderful!

@SarahK3888645 · Camped on Jun 19, 2024 at Campsite #54

Beautiful area, clean, big sites

@EckehardP68C09 · Camped on Jun 12, 2024 at Campsite #48

Very pleasant campground, sufficient distance to neighbours, nice and helpful camp ground manager.Sometimes deers or moose walk through, they seem to like it as well.No water at the campground, bring your own. Toilets very clean.We enjoyed it, stayed there >10 days. Used it as base camp for hikes in Rocky Mnt Ntl park and around.

@DavidL9154844 · Camped on Jun 12, 2024 at Campsite #45

Clean restrooms and very friendly and helpful host. Great experience!

@ChrisG1203337 · Camped on May 31, 2024 at Campsite #40

This campground is very secluded in the National Forest. No amenities but we were able to use our generator during hours of 8 am to 10 pm. Host was very nice. The site we reserved was small/short for our 31 ft travel trailer so the host put us in a first come/first serve site that was a better fit. Enjoyed visiting Rocky Mtn NP and the town of Estes during our stay.

@RobertS9225788 · Camped on May 26, 2024 at Campsite #36

Great campground! Exceptional camp host!! Kurt was just the nicest person. A second host I think Nick was his name was great too. Kurt suggested places nearby for me to explore. Just great people.

@GregL2241545 · Camped on May 23, 2024 at Campsite #36

It is a great campground, we are repeat campers. The camp host was awesome. The campsite we booked was very muddy, he helped us find a new one. The bathrooms were spotless and well stocked. The campsite was clean and the area around the firepit raked. I can't praise them enough.

@PaulOC6953D09F · Camped on May 20, 2024 at Campsite #36

The Host were awesome, so kind and helpful during my stay! Bathrooms were very clean and campground was well maintained. Had visit to my tent by couple curious bears at 2:15am. No issues if you practice Bear Aware. Only complaint is road noise but settles down the later it becomes. Very close to the Wild Basin part of the Park.

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