Lake Fork (Del Norte) Campground, Del Norte, CO

Lake Fork (Del Norte) Campground is located in the Conejos Peak Ranger District of the Rio Grande National Forest (3 hrs 39 min east of Farmington, NM) with an elevation of 10,803 feet. There are a total of 19 campsites. The campground is normally open from the end of May to the beginning of September. Sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 20 and 70 feet. All sites are currently reservable. There is a fee of $19.00 per night.

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Campsite Reviews (38)

4.2 out of 5

5 star		55%
4 star		26%
3 star		8%
2 star		5%
1 star		5%

@MichelleT61410 · Camped on Aug 24, 2024 at Campsite #14

Peaceful, quiet, clean bathroom, and tons of birds. Sites are mostly well spaced from each other. No camp host meant no firewood, but a sign posted said we could gather any dead wood we found, so it worked out. You can hear the sound of the river from nearly every site. Drove in from Monte Vista through Jasper where the dirt road gets narrow in places and some reports say it gets slick when wet. The other direction in (from Antonito) is fine even in rain. Just take it easy. Long journey to get here but WELL worth it. Scenery is amazing.

@LindaC3432477 · Camped on Aug 4, 2024 at Campsite #11

The camp host, Tim, was absolutely amazing. The Vault toilet was impeccable! Not to mention, the absolute breathtaking beauty of the place.

@StevenR7674985 · Camped on Jul 22, 2024 at Campsite #4

Site 4 is not a backin site The host was top notch

@MelanieL647622 · Camped on Jul 12, 2024 at Campsite #11

Tim and his pup, Duke, were the absolute best hosts Ive EVER encountered. Beautiful campsites, more remote location and right on the river. Cant beat it

@LEVIB478897535 · Camped on Jul 8, 2024 at Campsite #11

The campground was nice, we met some really great people who were camped next to us. The camp host was great, I believe his name was Tim, he kept the cleanest vault toilets Ive been in.

@EdieHF50BC6946 · Camped on Jul 7, 2024 at Campsite #17

Beautiful place on the river with large sites and clean facilities.

@JohnN4346623 · Camped on Jun 21, 2024 at Campsite #9

Tim (site host) was awesome!!!He was very accommodating for anything we needed.Bathrooms were very clean!

@KenF2D41778CDE · Camped on Jun 3, 2024 at Campsite #17

Spacious camp site on the Conejos River, Amazing! Miles of Jeep trails, Mixed lake and Spectacle lake offer great fishing, and a special thanks to Tim and Duke, wonderful camp host!

@KevinH9468586 · Camped on Aug 31, 2023 at Campsite #1

Good clean campground and beautiful area. My only problem is the multitude of ATVs. Just dont understand the hype with these loud, annoying dust creating devices.

@ReneaC40341E19 · Camped on Aug 18, 2023 at Campsite #5

Vault toilets were very clean. Love the Conejos River. Campground was clean and well maintained.

@RachelC2171796 · Camped on Aug 3, 2023 at Campsite #15

This was a beautiful site. It is a long trek up a dirt road, which I was looking forward to for the remoteness of it--and it did meet that expectation. The river was lovely. The flies, though, were not. We were bombarded with them. Clouds of them. It was like they were having a fly conference. It wasn't just this campground though. We went on a short hike in the area, and we were followed up the switchback by our own personal fly groupies. Beautiful location... but with all the wet weather (maybe that was the issue?), we couldn't stand staying as long as we had booked for and ended up changing sites to another campground a few hours away where we were visited by maybe two flies. They may have been super committed groupies that followed us...

@kristynp932A3A · Camped on Jul 19, 2023 at Campsite #1

Beautiful area! Hiked up to Bear Lake which I highly recommend. The view of the lake is just amazing. We had to drive a little way to the trail head. Beautiful river running along the campground. Reasons I'm rating this 3 stars are: 1) FLIES... holy cow! the flies were terrible. We were literally sitting in a swarm all day long every day, and they bite! There was not a moment of relaxation until after sunset 2) camp host was really hard to locate. camp host was not on site out here which is fine, but it shouldn't be advertised (and even confirmed in reservation with their site #) on the website that there is one and that they provide wood. Finally met camp host when he drove around later the next day to check the campground, but he had no wood. Directed us to place that might have wood. There wasn't any there, so we had to make the 18 mile trip into town for it.

@HeatherL387189 · Camped on Jul 5, 2023 at Campsite #16

Beautiful place! Enjoyed Fishing and relaxing! Clean campgrounds !

@SheilaM8334852 · Camped on May 29, 2023 at Campsite #15

Very beautiful campground on the Conejos River. We really enjoyed it. The 18 miles of dirt road were in fairly decent shape and they were grading it, but it is a bit long. Worth the effort, though.

@RonaldK6773497 · Camped on Aug 29, 2022 at Campsite #11

Great spot wonderfully clean

@BrianT1694442 · Camped on Aug 24, 2022 at Campsite #1

Love this campground. Far from paved road, next to river. I fly fished above and below the campground for a day and caught 27 trout (granted 25 were under 12”), from the Pinnacles to the big meadow area. So it’s a good location if you’re camping. Just bring everything you need, it’s a long drive back to a real store. I assumed I could get beer in Platoro, and was definitely wrong about that.

@SarahA7073307 · Camped on Jul 25, 2022 at Campsite #4

Very nice campground with a great camp host. Some of the cleanest bathrooms I have seen in a national park campground. Nice hikes around and there is a good burger place up the road in Platoro.

@JohnW4841416 · Camped on Jul 24, 2022 at Campsite #15

Beautiful site with great water and clean vault toilets. The only downside was the road to the campsite. It was full of chatter and difficult when pulling a trailer.

@RobertL7452920 · Camped on Jul 16, 2022 at Campsite #11

good place

@DouglasE807841 · Camped on Jul 8, 2022 at Campsite #11

This campground has a few excellent sites and is always fairly busy. Reserve early if you want a site near the river. We were pleased that the well was functional this time (it was out in '20) and that we could have a fire (verboten in '20) so that made things nice. There are good hikes nearby (blue lake, bear lake, Conejos falls) and the village of Platoro has a couple good stores and cafes. Although the road up to the campground is awful, we'll be back because we like the destination.

@RobertP6375002 · Camped on Aug 18, 2021 at Campsite #16

Beautiful camp and well maintained. However, a backhoe showed up our second and third camp days and worked all day moving boulders around to limit access to campsites and access to the water pump. Back up bell and motor roar and scraping completely ruined the ambiance of what would have otherwise have been a wonderful experience by the river. As the camp closes on September 6th, it seems to me that they could have waited a few more days to disrupt the camp. Poor planning!

@RobertP994 · Camped on Aug 18, 2021 at Campsite #16

@LauraR460 · Camped on Aug 12, 2021 at Campsite #18

Make sure you bring insect repellent and extra toilet paper. The Gold Pan restaurant has great food and if you get a chance hike up to the waterfalls which is about 4 miles. If you bring an animal sure to keep it on a leash leash

@LauraR9755561 · Camped on Aug 12, 2021 at Campsite #18

@RichardB341941 · Camped on Aug 9, 2021 at Campsite #18

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