Customer Reviews

The Best in Tent Camping: Colorado: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos

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I was drawn to this book by it's clever subtitle - "A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RV's . . . " and so forth, thinking that this fit our style of camping. After reviewing the campgrounds for the SW CO section alone, I found that 6 of the 12 are not in the locations that are listed on the master map inside the front cover. One individual campground map (Silver Jack) indicated that the road out led to Westcliffe, CO. This is very inaccurate, as the closest town that direction is Gunnison. Westcliffe is almost 125 miles past Gunnison, and one must pass through 3 or 4 other towns and turn south from this highway to get there - i.e. it's way off!

I have no idea about the reliability of the remainder of the maps and descriptions, as I quit reading after seeing so many mistakes, and decided that I would return the book. It is possible that the rest of the book is without mistakes, but I honestly don't want to take the time to double check every entry for accuracy. I figure that this is why I spend money on a guide book. I could understand some amount of error with a 1st or 2nd edition, but to see this number of errors in a 4th edition seems quite slack. I don't know if things will be amended soon, as this edition came out in 2007. The campground and area descriptions seem quite nice and informative. It's too bad that the map inaccuracies detract so much from what could be quite a resourceful guide.

If you get this book, I would confirm the campground locations by way of road map and/or Forest Service maps.

I found this guide very helpful to pick campgrounds around Colorado. The whole state is covered and dozens of undesirable campgrounds are weeded out. Certain copies had an inaccurate map but I have been assured by the publisher that all new books have a new and accurate map. A road map or Forest Service map is still recommended since many of these campgrounds are far off the beaten path.

This book is a paramount resource if you long for the camping of yesteryear sans self contained campers. It lists some of the best little known campgrounds with amneties and clear directions. If you want to broaden your camping experience without doing all the research needed in finding appropriate sites, this book is for you!

and this book was a great help. Planning on getting all of the surrounding states and checking them off my camping bucket list.

This was a good book, I camped the week of 4th of July, so all the good spots were taken. Backcountry camping was our best bet for our trip as most people stayed in campgrounds. Our best campground was in Breckenridge, CO: Mohawk Lakes.

I got this book because I am planning a trip to Colorado this summer. I like to camp in out of the way areas. I really found the book by the same publisher "Best Tent Camping in Southern California" worthwhile in planning a vacation there. After reading this book, I must say I could be turned off of camping in Colorado. I was hoping for a guide of things to do in the area while camping. What I got was the most completely remote campsites, which could be good, along with reviews of the fishing and fourteeners in the general area of the campground. I understand that it must have been difficult to narrow the statistics when Colorado is home to over 500 beautiful campgrounds. But this author seemed to base his rating on the availability of nearby fishing and mountaineering. This book was not useful in the respect of things to do in the area of the campground besides fishing and hiking. If that's what you're into, fine, but I like privacy, beauty, and a few interesting places to go. I'm not into fish, I don't care how big they are.