Thunder Ridge in CO -- Campground & RV Camping

Thunder Ridge Campground sits at 9,200 feet in a ponderosa pine forest overlooking Rampart Reservoir within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The site offers drinking water, vault toilets, and campsites equipped with picnic tables and campfire rings, with three accessible sites available. Steps lead down to the living space on most non-accessible sites. Campers have direct access to trout fishing on the reservoir and 14 miles of hiking and mountain biking along the Rampart Reservoir Trail. The U.S. Air Force Academy is nearby.

Getting there: From the I-25 and Hwy 24 intersection in Colorado Springs, Colorado, travel west on Highway 24 for 17.4 miles to Baldwin St. in Woodland Park. Turn right (north) on Baldwin (which turns into Rampart Range Road). Travel approximately 3 miles to Loy Creek Road, turn right at the Y, and travel 1.5 miles to Rampart Range Road (Forest Road 300). Turn right (south) on Rampart Range Road. The Rampart Reservoir Recreation Area entrance is approximately 4 miles up the road on the left. Thunder Ridge Campground is approximately 0.7 miles on the left.

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 21-site campground with the nearest through road 0.4 miles off.
• The Rampart Reservoir shoreline is 0.3 mi off.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
• Most of them shaded.
• Pikes Peak stands 4,889 ft above the map pin, 10.0 miles south.

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