Colorado State Parks · Colorado
Elkhead Reservoir State Park
Colorado State Parks · Colorado, United States · in Elkhead State Park
- Sites
- 46
- Hookups
- 30 electric, 14 no hookups
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Dump station
- No
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 6,381 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile none · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Elkhead Reservoir
- Nearest town
- Craig
- Address
- 135 County Road 28, Craig, CO 81625
- Phone
- 970-276-2061
44 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Elkhead Reservoir State Park is a Colorado State Park with 46 campsites available for camping.
Fees
Colorado State Parks charge camping fees under a statewide flat fee schedule by site type, not park-specific nightly rates: Backcountry $13-$18/night, Basic (no hookup) $22-$28/night, Electric $27-$36/night, Full hook-up (water/sewer/electric) $32-$41/night, Accessible/Group $22-$41/night - plus a separate daily park entrance pass ($10-$11/vehicle) required in addition to camping fees. Individual park pages quote sub-ranges of this same schedule depending on which site types that park offers. (Source: cpw.state.co.us/camping fee schedule.)
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 10° | -20° | 43° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 33° | 15° | -13° | 53° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 41° | 22° | 5° | 70° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 53° | 27° | 11° | 71° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 66° | 37° | 18° | 78° | 4 of 11 |
| June | 82° | 49° | 39° | 95° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 88° | 56° | 47° | 98° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 85° | 55° | 46° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 78° | 48° | 33° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 61° | 33° | 10° | 75° | 9 of 10 |
| November | 48° | 24° | -12° | 63° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 32° | 9° | -5° | 46° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Nearby campgrounds
- Yampa River State Park · Colorado State Parks · 7 mi · 71 sites
- Routt County Fairgrounds RV Park · City, County & Regional Parks · 8 mi · 21 sites
- Freeman Reservoir Campground · USDA Forest Service · 13 mi
- Steamboat Lake State Park · Colorado State Parks · 26 mi · 181 sites
- Hahns Peak Lake Campground - Medicine-Bow Routt NF (CO) · USDA Forest Service · 27 mi · 38 sites
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