Spillway Campground in CO -- Campground & RV Camping in Colorado

Spillway Campground sits at 8,500 feet along the South Platte River at the base of the Eleven Mile Reservoir dam, shaded by scattered spruce and ponderosa pines. The facility offers about 23 reservable campsites with gravel aprons accommodating trailers up to 25 feet, equipped with picnic tables, campfire rings, vault toilets, and a hand pump for drinking water. Campers come to fish for trout, salmon, and pike, climb granite canyon cliffs, and hike the Overlook Trail for views of the canyon.

Road difficulty 2 of 5 -- a moderate drive in. Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, dirt, pitching to 10%.

South Fork of the South Platte River runs 0.1 mi off. Exposed here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 23-site campground. 5 hike-in sites -- most of them shaded. Night skies measure Bortle 3 -- a dark rural sky. Saddle Mountain stands 2,296 ft above the site, 5.2 miles south. The nearest town, Cripple Creek, is 19 mi off.