St Vrain State Park

We stayed at St Vrain State Park in Longmont, Colorado. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Delightful waterfront camping.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2022-09-22
  • Check out: 2022-09-26
  • 4 nights

Weather:

  • Sunny
  • High temps ranging between 63-80°F, lows around 43-45°F
  • Negligible wind

Noise:

  • Significant road noise; no train noise
  • A neighbor with a wind chime and other annoying noises, but not too bad

Site:

  • Mallard campground #27, back in, cement
  • Needed to disconnect toad; parked in front of coach
  • Level
  • Large site: about 90 feet long by about 60 feet wide
  • Electric-only hookups:
    • 50 amp power, conveniently located
    • No water connection
    • No sewer connection
  • Picnic table with shelter, and fire pit on gravel
  • Waterfront

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • T-Mobile: 75 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 33 ms ping
  • AT&T: 7 Mbps down, 11 Mbps up, 50 ms ping
  • Verizon: 6-20 Mbps down, 4 Mbps up, 25 ms ping
  • Campground Wi-Fi: none
  • Starlink: not used

Amenities:

  • Dumpsters
  • No pool
  • Waterfront

Here’s our review on Campground Reviews:

Beautiful park, pity about the highway noise

This was a nice base camp to explore the region. On the plus side, our site was very nice, with a view of Mallard Pond. Everything was well-kept and clean. On the negative side, $36/night for electric only is a bit steep (plus the extra day-use fee for our rig and tow vehicle), and there is constant noise from I-25. We would stay here again, despite the noise, if we had a full hookup site. We camped at St. Vrain State Park in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: If you arrive late and have to use the “iron ranger” to pay for your day-use fees, don’t get the annual pass. Just get a day pass and stop by the ranger station the next day to upgrade to an annual if you’re staying a while (or visiting other CO state parks). If you have a motorhome and tow vehicle, you will need two passes.

The RV park map:

Map

And an interactive map, showing all the ponds:

Our site had only electric, no water or sewer, so we arrived prepared, with a full water tank. We wouldn’t want to stay more than a week, but we coped just fine; the night before departure, our fresh water was only halfway, and grey and black were negligible (Jenn had a long shower on departure day, which reduced fresh to 30%, which is our preferred level for travel):

Levels

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

David

The pond behind our site:

Pond

Pond

Canada geese:

Swans

Swans

Pelicans:

Pelicans

Other sites:

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

An accessible fishing pier:

Accessible fishing pier

Pond

Our coach across the pond:

Our coach across pond

I spotted a couple of hot air balloons — we’ll be seeing hundreds more of those soon:

Balloon

Balloon

Balloon

Balloon

This was a very nice state park; we’d be happy stay here again, and would enjoy staying longer, if we were in a full hookup section.