Trinidad Lake State Park - Piedmont Group Campground in CO -- Campground & RV Camping in Colorado
Trinidad Lake State Park - Piedmont Group Campground in CO
CO State Parks allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Trinidad Lake State Park sits 4 miles west of Trinidad in Las Animas County on a 2,860-acre property centered around a dammed reservoir. The park offers camping, boating, and fishing on the lake, with hiking trails through the landscape. Nearby Cokedale features coal mining ruins, and the park contains a Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary geological exposure marking an ancient extinction event. A portion of the Santa Fe Trail's mountain route passes through the park.
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Purgatoire River runs 0.2 mi off. Fishers Peak stands 3,369 ft above the site, 5.4 miles southeast. Night skies measure Bortle 3 -- a dark rural sky. The nearest town, Trinidad, is 3.8 mi off.
September normals 47–79°F, 1.4″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.