Colorado State Parks · Colorado
Elkhead Reservoir State Park
Colorado State Parks · Colorado, United States · in Elkhead State Park
- Sites
- 46
- Hookups
- 30 electric, 14 no hookups
- Season
- May 1 to November 30
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Dump station
- No
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 6,381 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile none · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Elkhead Reservoir
- Nearest town
- Craig
- Address
- 135 County Road 28, Craig, CO 81625
- Phone
- 970-276-2061
44 numbered sites are mapped one by one - the site map below shows each with its facts and pictures.
Site map
44 numbered sites are mapped one by one on the imagery, with the operator's own facts and pictures for each site where it publishes them. Tap a site to rate it, keep a note and add your own photos; press and hold the map for a pin of your own. Your ratings, notes, pins and photos are kept with the campground on your Saved list, the same list the camping map and the drive page keep.
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About
Elkhead Reservoir State Park is a Colorado State Park with 46 campsites available for camping.
Fees
Colorado State Parks charge camping fees under a statewide flat fee schedule by site type, not park-specific nightly rates: Backcountry $13-$18/night, Basic (no hookup) $22-$28/night, Electric $27-$36/night, Full hook-up (water/sewer/electric) $32-$41/night, Accessible/Group $22-$41/night - plus a separate daily park entrance pass ($10-$11/vehicle) required in addition to camping fees. Individual park pages quote sub-ranges of this same schedule depending on which site types that park offers. (Source: cpw.state.co.us/camping fee schedule.)
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 10° | -20° | 43° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 33° | 15° | -13° | 53° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 41° | 22° | 5° | 70° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 53° | 27° | 11° | 71° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 66° | 37° | 18° | 78° | 4 of 11 |
| June | 82° | 49° | 39° | 95° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 88° | 56° | 47° | 98° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 85° | 55° | 46° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 78° | 48° | 33° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 61° | 33° | 10° | 75° | 9 of 10 |
| November | 48° | 24° | -12° | 63° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 32° | 9° | -5° | 46° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Nearby campgrounds
- Yampa River State Park · Colorado State Parks · 7 mi · 71 sites
- Routt County Fairgrounds RV Park · City, County & Regional Parks · 8 mi · 21 sites
- Freeman Reservoir Campground · USDA Forest Service · 13 mi
- Steamboat Lake State Park · Colorado State Parks · 26 mi · 181 sites
- Hahns Peak Lake Campground - Medicine-Bow Routt NF (CO) · USDA Forest Service · 27 mi · 38 sites
All public campgrounds in Colorado · Every state and province · Facts read from the operator 2026-08-25. Confirm fees, rules and current status with the operator before you go.