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Chattfield St. Park

Started by cobalt&3, Jun 07, 2006, 06:52 PM

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scottykrug

Stayed there for the first time last week.  

Plusses-
all sites have electricity= no generators (most sites have water and sewer)
on the south side of the lake and city (very little noise)
direct phone line to the campground- no fiddling with reserve america if you want to camp NOW.  (303-791-1077) 7 days/wk

minuses
camp sites kind of close- wouldn't want to be there on labor day weekend.
site not as clean as I had hoped, but not the worst I have seen (WM bags hanging in the trees, popcorn bags in the grass, bottle caps, cigbutts all over...)

Will stay there again when I need to be close to home.  Liked it much better than Cherry Creek (constant noise from I-225, Parker road, and Centennial airport).

scooter

DoubleD

Been, but not camped.  Might be a good place to go in March or October, when most people have put the PU's to sleep.  If you are into fly fishing, you are close to Waterton Canyon.  I hear fishing the inlet of Chattfield can be productive, too.

You might also check out Golden Gate, I have heard many good things about it, too.

I agree with Scottykrug, Cherry Creek has lotsa road noise.  Chattfield shouldn't.

The more I stay in Colorado State Parks, the more impressed I am.  Great for early or late season camping when the amatuers are all at home.  Those lottery dollars haven't hurt one bit.

CampDirt

I wouldn't stay in either one of them!  Chatfield is trashed out (lots of litterbugs) and Cherry Creek is too noisy.  However, if I had to make a choice Cherry Creek has the nicer campground.  But save your money.  Don't go to either.  

Instead head a little west to Golden Gate State Park.  I've never camped there, but have hiked in the park plenty of times.  The campground seemed very nice.  Fall colors are beautiful right now, so don't wait too long (snow's coming soon).

Colorado State Parks = //www.parks.state.co.us