Ouray KOA

Beautiful campground with wonderful sites! Feels like you are camping in the mountains. Can't wait to come back!

We had a great stay at this KOA. We have stayed at a couple of KOAs before and this one I would definitely recommend. It was quite large and secluded, with great views all around. No road noise at all. Clean and quiet and a great base camp for day trips into Ouray, Ridgeway or Telluride. Fantastic roads to ride on the motorbike -The Million Dollar Highway is a great day trip into Durango and Silverton. There is a hot tub on site, but we headed for hot springs in town. We will stay here again for sure.

This is our favorite park in Ouray. Yes, there are some others right in town but they don't offer the shade that this KOA does. You're removed from the highway noise and have great amenities. They provide a dish washing station with hot water, clean the bathrooms twice a day and have sizable RV spots. It's only 5 minutes north of Ouray, which still makes it a viable option for dining/shopping/hot springs in town. During the summer Ouray puts on Thursday night live music at the city park. Get there early and bring the dog and your lawn chairs.

We had originally planned to stay at this KOA for two weeks while we explored the area. We quickly realized how much we loved the area and worked with the office to extend our stay another two weeks. Grace who works in the office worked her magic and secured our spot for us for two more weeks so that we did not have to move our travel trailer at the time. We backed right up to the creek that runs through the camp which cancelled out a lot of the noise from other campers. Our site was shaded most of the day so it never got too hot in the trailer. We forgot about the 4th of July and needing reservations and originally the KOA was fully booked. Grace and Eric in the office were aware that we had no place to go so when cancellations came in for that week they informed us they had availability and were able to get us in for the 4th! We had to move twice but we were ok with that seeing we had no where else to go!

We can't say enough about this place! The majority of the employees were awesome, especially Grace, Eric and Lou! The older ladies that work in the office could take a lesson or two from these three as they are not the friendliest ladies I've met. The campground itself was kept well. The bathrooms were cleaned daily I believe both mornings and evenings.

Campground is located in an awesome area! Minutes from Ouray and Ridgway which both offer groceries, dining and entertainment. Also since you're right in the mountains you may even get to see wildlife. In our stay we saw at the campground, elk, rabbit, grey fox and a black bear across the river!

For those that are needing it the Verizon cell signal was great with a booster.

My spot was a bit hard to get into in the dark but the spaces are HUGE. My Airstream looks like a tic-tac in an empty box. Very peaceful, no road noise, cute cafe on site. My spot backed up to a little babbling creek. Very well laid out, shady camp ground. I want to stay forever.

The positives: Great location, nice showers and facilities, friendly staff.
The negatives: Small crowded site that was kind of $$. We were located next to the entrance and county road. It was kind of noisy and dusty.
This was our 3rd stay here and I will be back again. It is nice to have showers and laundry mid way thru our otherwise dry camping trip. If you get there earlier in the year you also can get some great BBQ and live music.

Lots of good memories at this RV park. Started camping here with my boys back in the early 90's. Lots of fun stuff to do in Ouray. Super friendly owners here and great breakfast!

I have mostly positive things to say about this place. The folks were great and the location is incredible.

Our site was a creekside and was a few bucks more. I should probably research these things more because the name of the creek was, and I kid you not, Park Ditch. It was actually a ditch about 6 feet wide but it had beautiful clean water rushing through it. Sounds nice but you could not see it or hear it from our spot, even though it was only 25 feet behind the trailer. Our spot was convenient if you wanted to use the KOA facilities but behind our trailer the view was less than perfect.

They charge for their showers, not sure how much but we decided to use the trailer.

The camp store was well stocked and very nice. They will deliver ice and firewood to your campsite with just a text.

The parking spot was dirt and gravel , could be a little dusty.

KOA in Ouray Colorado was a great campground. Owners and office staff were very nice. Sites were gravel and level. The camp amenities were clean and in good working order. We used the laundry and showers (I read someone said you have to pay for showers. We did not pay???). We didn’t eat at the restaurant, but saw lots of people there so must be good. We had a site that had the mountain stream running by our fire pit. It was pretty awesome to listen to. Via text you can order ice or firewood they will have a young man deliver it to your campsite which was a nice perk. We had truck issues and didn’t think we would be able to leave the park with our camper on the day we were to leave. The owners kindly offered to work with us with a dry camping option despite the fact that they had a 100% booked campground. It worked out that we got the truck fixed that day, but still the fact that they cared meant a lot. (Truck issues in the mountains SUCK) They had plans in place to expand WiFi to the camp sites but haven’t gotten it done yet due to Covid, but signal was strong at the office and restaurant. We had good AT&T and Sprint coverage. We will definitely stay there again!
P.S. If you go, rent a Jeep and hit the mountain trails! Best part of our trip! We used Switzerland of America and will again. The park does rent Jeeps but we didn’t use them because we didn’t know prior to arriving.

Main issue was the cleanliness. Sites had debris and should have been patrolled before new campers arrived. Bathrooms and showers were dated. The restaurant and staff were great. We were told there were new owners so perhaps things will improve.