The best luxury RV campgrounds near Vail, Colorado

Nestled into a valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, Vail is the stuff mountain dreams are made of. It’s best known as a ski town, but this village is a four-season camping paradise. Hike through fiery leaves in the fall, and bike through meadows of spring wildflowers. Summer, with its warm days and cool nights, is perfect for fishing, music, and family fun.

The 2.3 million acre White River National Forest is the best place for camping near Vail. Gore Creek Campground sits just a few miles from the live music and family activities downtown. It’s popular, so book RV or tent camping sites up to 6 months in advance. From camp, you can fly fish in Gore Creek, hike three different trails, and bike Tenmile Canyon.

Soak in the silence of the Rocky Mountains at Fulford Cave, which has just seven tent sites. From your private picnic, it’s an easy hike into the Holy Cross Wilderness. Go spelunking at Fulford Cave—just check the Holy Cross Ranger District schedule first.

About 24 miles from Vail, south of Minturn, Camp Hale has tent and RV camping. With its light usage and grand views, this Forest Service campground is an excellent spot for families. Hike the Colorado Trail, bike the gravel roads, and fish nearby streams. Nearby, Hornsilver Campground offers seven sites on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Nestled into a valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, Vail is the stuff mountain dreams are made of. It’s best known as a ski town, but this village is a four-season camping paradise. Hike through fiery leaves in the fall, and bike through meadows of spring wildflowers. Summer, with its warm days and cool nights, is perfect for fishing, music, and family fun.

The 2.3 million acre White River National Forest is the best place for camping near Vail. Gore Creek Campground sits just a few miles from the live music and family activities downtown. It’s popular, so book RV or tent camping sites up to 6 months in advance. From camp, you can fly fish in Gore Creek, hike three different trails, and bike Tenmile Canyon.

Soak in the silence of the Rocky Mountains at Fulford Cave, which has just seven tent sites. From your private picnic, it’s an easy hike into the Holy Cross Wilderness. Go spelunking at Fulford Cave—just check the Holy Cross Ranger District schedule first.

About 24 miles from Vail, south of Minturn, Camp Hale has tent and RV camping. With its light usage and grand views, this Forest Service campground is an excellent spot for families. Hike the Colorado Trail, bike the gravel roads, and fish nearby streams. Nearby, Hornsilver Campground offers seven sites on a first-come, first-served basis.

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1. Arapaho Valley Ranch

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46mi from Vail · 71 sites · Tents, RVs, Lodging · Granby, CO

Arapaho Valley Ranch is a gorgeous, family-owned guest ranch in Colorado’s beautiful Grand County. Our ranch is surrounded by the Arapaho National Forest and is nestled in one of the most beautiful wilderness areas in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. This area features hiking trails, waterfalls, and historic steam engines from the old town of Monarch. We have a private hiking trail that leads to our “kissing swing” overlooking the headwaters of the Colorado River Valley. Property Description Disclaimer: The amenities, features, and services displayed in photos on our website or promotional materials are for illustration purposes only. AVR does not guarantee the availability, condition, or quality of these amenities at the time of your visit, and they are subject to change. AVR reserves the right to change, modify, or discontinue any feature or service without notice at any time. Guests must be at least 18 years of age or older to book and stay at Arapaho Valley Ranch.

2. Glenwood Springs Lodging & RV Sites

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50mi from Vail · 204 sites · Tents, RVs, Lodging · Glenwood Springs, CO

Glenwood Canyon Resort, located just east of Glenwood Springs, CO is the only lodging, camping, and RV resort in beautiful Glenwood Canyon, where Hanging Lake resides and the mighty Colorado River flows. Learn more about our newest addition, The Sprinter Village. A beautiful area custom designed for Sprinter vans, small RVs, truck campers, pop-up campers, and Rooftop Campers. Guests enjoy rafting, fly-fishing, and canyon bike path access, and package deals with Glenwood Hot Springs and Iron Mountain Hot Springs and deals for skiing and snowboarding at Sunlight Mountain Resort in the winter. Our variety of cabins is available year-round and perfect for couples getaways, family fun vacations, reunions of all kinds, RV & travel groups, and corporate retreats. Not only does the Glenwood Canyon Resort boast the most scenic and gorgeous location in all of the western slopes, but we also have some of the coolest (and most convenient) amenities to offer our guests. From the most adventurous activities requiring nerves of steel and uncommon strength to the least adventurous activity of doing your laundry, we’ve got what you’re looking for right here on site. Need camping supplies or maybe a souvenir for those back home? Stop by our resort office and store where we have basic camping needs including wood & fire starters, ice, cold drinks, tent stakes, propane, and all the s’mores fixings you may need. Don’t miss out on trying our favorite s’mores recipe with peanut butter cups! You’ll find other items for your laundry and RVing needs as well. Also located in our resort store are fun little trinkets and things that make great gifts for the ones back at home as well as souvenirs in the form of hats, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and such.

3. Vail Valley BackCountry Access

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27mi from Vail · 7 sites · Tents, RVs, Lodging · Eagle, CO

This Gorgeous 6 acre property has DIRECT PRIVATE ACCESS to Hardscrabble Mountain, The Holy Cross Wilderness and The White River National Forest. There are 24,000 acres of BLM public land and also The White River National Forest with over 3,500 square miles, both with thousands of miles of recreation trails for mountain biking, hiking, ATVing, MOTO X Dirtbiking, SidebySide UTVing, backcountry skiing and snowboarding, 4x4 Jeeping/Mudding, Jeep, Bronco, Land Rovers, OffRoad, Bike, Hike and snowmobiling. Walk out of your tent, your RV or my cabin and you are in BLM and The White River National Forest. Plenty of flat, shaded ground with water and electric available. The biggest shade trees in Eagle County, firepits, and a creek with pond and waterfall with sand beach await. Incredible views of Castle Peak, The Flat tops Wilderness, Red Canyon and Hardscrabble Mountain right from the Property. Vail and Beaver Creek Ski Resorts with the best skiing and powder in the world and Glenwood Springs with the world famous Hot Springs Pool and Glenwood Caverns Amusement Park ( amusement park on top of a mountain) and the Iron Mountain Hot Springs Each 25 minutes away. Aspen is a little over an hour away. Pets are welcome and can be off leash if they can respond to voice controls and owners are responsible for their pets at all times. Dogs love it here! All poop must be picked up, $35 per pet per night. GoPro Mountain Games, Eagle County Rodeo, Birds of Prey Downhill, Vail Farmers Market, Free Showdown Down Thursday Eagle, Gerald R. Ford Ampitheater, Free Hot Summer Nights Music Vail Eagle is the county seat of Eagle County and is known for the Eagle and Colorado River and the amazing system of biking and hiking trails.

Stories from the community

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Stephen

October 2025

21 ft Class B

With kids

1 night at Arapaho Valley Ranch

Awesome place at the end of a fairly rough dirt road. Original lodge with pool table. Dark sky, lots of stars. Definitely going back. Probably stay in in one of the tent “cabins” facing the pond with showers!

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Randy

August 2025

16 ft pop-up camper

With pets

Weekend Trip to Arapaho Valley Ranch

Love this place nice, quiet and relaxing. Will be coming back soon.

Paige

August 2025

25 ft Class C

With pets

2 nights at Arapaho Valley Ranch

Great private location off the beaten path, easy instructions and great accommodations

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Mike

August 2025

17 ft travel trailer

4 nights at Vail Valley BackCountry Access

Gerry is a great host. We spent several days and it was a great location with access to lots of good local food in Eagle and just a short drive up to Edwards and Vail.

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Tina

July 2025

20 ft Class B

Weekend Trip to Vail Valley BackCountry Access

Great place to stay. Commotion with host was easy. Will stay again.

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Steph

June 2025

15 ft travel trailer

5 nights at Arapaho Valley Ranch

The RV site was super easy with water and electrical hook up. Such a beautiful location and hiking only 1 mile away!

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Becca

June 2025

20 ft travel trailer

With kids

Weekend Trip to Arapaho Valley Ranch

We tent camped here and it is an ideal site for tent, RV or small cabins. They had several amenities that made it feel like going away to summer camp. This place was awesome for our whole family!

Clare

June 2025

23 ft Class B

With pets

2 nights at Arapaho Valley Ranch

AVR is a private and peaceful space to camp with many amenities and proximity to the national forest and the Granby entrance to RMNP. Monarch Lake and its many trails are within walking distance. Be prepared for a very bumpy and dusty 8 miles on the last stretch of washboarded dirt road to get there.

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ASHLEY

June 2025

25 ft travel trailer

With kids

2 nights at Arapaho Valley Ranch

This place was so beautiful! There were lots of options to stay in an RV or a TP cabin, etc. They had lots of activities to do, including canoeing and paddle boarding! It was a great experience and we will be back!

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Sav

June 2025

29 ft Class C

With kids

2 nights at Arapaho Valley Ranch

The views were stunning & late check in was smooth with an easy-to-read map! If you’re RV camping, there isn’t a sewer hookup but the vault toilet was the cleanest one I’ve ever seen if you don’t want to fill your black water tank. There’s a dump & fill station very close to the campground. Really great access to RMNP through the southwest side of the park leading you up and around the most beautiful drive you’ll ever go on. Lots of space on each site and a really great place to stay. Wed definitely go back again.

Emily

June 2025

30 ft Class C

With pets

4 nights at Arapaho Valley Ranch

Fabulous spot and many levels of accommodations to choose from. I was in an RV but it was fun to look around on the property and see how everyone was enjoying all the activities: fishing poles, SUP, watercraft rentals, etc. the best part though was watching and listening to the kids play and ride their bikes down in the tent campground. Such a fun, safe, family oriented space. There are tons of trails To hike, you can mtb on the roads, drive up the road and hike at Monarch Lake. Everyone there was so accommodating also. There is also access to Grand lake at the Moraine And Roaring Fork campgrounds To the lake. I believe the Roaring Fork campground had a closed boat ramp that people were parking at and hauling their boats to the lake….also fly fishing along the river but look up the regulations beforehand. I’d go back in a minute!

Kimberly

May 2025

30 ft Class C

With pets

Weekend Trip to Vail Valley BackCountry Access

Had to make a last minute reservation due to our solar panels not operating and we were losing power fast! In an area we weren’t familiar with and it could not have gone any better! It was amazing! Super friendly host very hospitable. Would definitely stay again!