Colorado State Parks · Colorado
Jackson Lake State Park
Colorado State Parks · Colorado, United States
- Sites
- 251
- Hookups
- 220 electric
- Group sites
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 4,432 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1 · certified dark-sky place
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile weak · AT&T good · Verizon good (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Jackson Lake
- Nearest town
- Orchard
- Address
- 26363 County Road 3, Orchard, CO 80649
- Phone
- 970-645-2551
231 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Jackson Lake State Park is a Colorado State Park with 251 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 | 43° | 22° | -25° | 62° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 50° | 23° | -17° | 72° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 55° | 30° | 9° | 82° | 10 of 11 |
| April | 67° | 38° | 18° | 87° | 7 of 11 |
| May | 72° | 48° | 35° | 91° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 86° | 60° | 46° | 103° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 93° | 65° | 54° | 102° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 89° | 63° | 53° | 99° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 85° | 58° | 34° | 98° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 69° | 41° | 20° | 84° | 1 of 10 |
| November | 60° | 31° | 16° | 79° | 9 of 10 |
| December | 48° | 25° | 11° | 68° | 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
- Crow Valley · USDA Forest Service · 22 mi · 15 sites
- Steward J. Adams Education Site · USDA Forest Service · 23 mi
- Brush Memorial Municipal Campground and RV Park · City, County & Regional Parks · 26 mi · 18 sites
- North Sterling State Park · Colorado State Parks · 49 mi · 141 sites
- Boyd Lake State Park · Colorado State Parks · 50 mi · 200 sites
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