National Park System · CO

Camping in Curecanti National Recreation Area

The Recreation.gov record puts 8 campgrounds inside the park. Of those, 7 take reservations and 1 is first-come, first-served. Entrance fees, alerts and hours for the park itself are on our sister site, Park Atlas.

8 campgrounds1 first-come1 with hookups

The park in figures

recreation visits in 2025: 807,117
campsites: 362
campgrounds take reservations: 7 of 8
longest RV or trailer allowed: 62 ft

The entrance fee and visit count come from Park Atlas open data. The campground figures are totals across the 8 Recreation.gov records listed below, and the rig length is the longest any one of them allows.

Stevens Creek Campground

Every campground

Campground	Booking	Rig	Sites
Elk Creek Campground	Reservable	62 ft	153
Lake Fork Campground	Reservable	52 ft	83
Stevens Creek Campground	Reservable	40 ft	55
Ponderosa Campground	Reservable	·	30
Cimarron Campground	First-come	·	23
East Portal Campground	Reservable	·	16
East Elk Creek Group Campsite	Reservable	·	1
Red Creek Group Site	Reservable	22 ft	1

Park campgrounds book out fastest of any on Recreation.gov. Most open six months ahead at 10 a.m. Eastern; the first-come loops are the fallback when the window is gone. The first-come playbook