Reviews

Bridal Kaleidoscope

It’s our fourth time here and we love it. It’s the most clean campground we have been. The spots are so spacious and in level. So many great trails nearby. The only thing you have to prepay for parking spot if you want to park at trailhead ($18). And no internet and cell phone service.

Paul Macias

Great place to go and relax with few people

Barbra Maes

I have been camping, fishing up here since I was a child. I remember camping one year 9 months pregnant. Best place to go when it is so hot in Denver like today. It has been years since I have been to Brainard Lake. I am going again. Retired now. Going fishing again,

Chance Tomei

Amaizng camping here! Very clean and well built camp sites. Definitely check this place out if you’re in the area!

Wei Miao

This campground is great, it is clean and well maintained. There are many trails there and the view is beautiful. I went there on 7/23 and there are few tips for tent campers who never been there: 1. Weather: afternoon thunderstorm is common in summer. 2. Temperature: it's warm in daytime, but chill at night, about 50F in my tent. 3. Bear safety: bears will visit the campsite during the night, not sure it's regularly or randomly. I left my water tank on the picnic table and a bear bit it during the night. 4. Firewood: there are plenty of wood around the campsite, bring a hatchet or saw if you want to cut the wood by yourself.

sylvia sun

We love this Campground! We had a wonderful time at site 12! It's super big for four families! We have enough room to play games! It's very clean! No matter bathroom or campsite. There is enough private space to other neighbors.! But if you want to go hiking, your campsite reservation doesn't work. You have to walk to the trail site or take a hiking reservation....

Audrey Vanderpool

Absolutely loved the campground!! Despite all the beetlekill and wildfires, this campground has trees and shade everywhere (there is one area that is completely in the open in the loop right in front of the walk in sites, but these spots seems to be meant for big campers and rv's). We stayed at walk in site 4 and I highly recommend any of the walk in sites. They all have LOTS of shade and good trees for hammocks, but also lots of privacy and space between neighbors. The regular sites are also very shady and nice, but a little close to one another depending on which loop you're in. The walk in sites have the creek running right behind them, as well as paths running along side it you can use to hike to the day use area and farther. The creek had some beaver dams and a big variety of pretty flowers, it was also a cool spot to chill during the hot hours of the day. You can also hike to the lake and walk around it/use one of the picnic sites sprinkled along side it, or use one of the many trailheads close by ( if you hike from camp it is probably a mile/2miles to the trailhead, but it's an easy walk) As for the bathrooms, these are probably the cleanest vault toilets I have seen in my entire life. Hosts cleaned them 1-2 times a day, so even as a huge germaphobe I had no issue using them. There was also NO flies or bugs inside, which was amazing in itself!!! As a native Coloradan, this site checked all my boxes for a good campground. Great for tent camping or RV/trailer camping, amazing scenery and wildlife, if you're looking for a campground that isn't too long of a drive/too far into the mountains or even just a nice place to camp for a while, Pawnee is for you!

Alexander Sepanski

Staff here is amazing! We had some car issues and the staff went above and beyond to take care of us. Truly some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. Coming back just because of them.

Olga Bond

Very nice and quiet place. Beautiful lakes, where you can walk. My favorite lake is the Blue Lake. Try to get there in August, when not all the ice on it has melted. Floating aisbergs and blue water are great. And the camp itself is very good. Warm days and cold nights, give pleasure near the fire in the summer months. Around you can see beautiful flowers, deer, moose and beautiful birds.